شَكْواكَ مِن أَلَمِ المَفاصِلِ لِلّذِي

شَكْواكَ مِن أَلَمِ المَفاصِلِ لِلّذِي

حَمَّلتَها لِلمَجدِ من أَعْباءِ

حَمَّلتَها لِلمَجدِ من أَعْباءِ

Your complaint of aching joints is due to the

Your complaints of aching joints to the one

burdens you have made them bear for glory.

Whom you have burdened with glory's load

تَقِفُ البِحارُ ولَمْ تَقِفْ فارفِقْ بِها

تَقِفُ البِحارُ ولَمْ تَقِفْ فارفِقْ بِها

أَو لَمْ تَكُنْ عُضْواً مِن الأَعضاءِ

أَو لَمْ تَكُنْ عُضْواً مِن الأَعضاءِ

The seas stop, yet you have not; so be gentle with them.

The seas stand still, yet you do not - go gently on them

Or were you not a limb among the limbs?

Were you not a part of the whole?