ما ضرني حسد اللئام ولم يزل

ما ضرني حسد اللئام ولم يزل

ذو الفضل يحسده ذوو النقصان

ذو الفضل يحسده ذوو النقصان

The envy of the ignoble has not harmed me, and always

The envy of the ignoble did not harm me, though

the man of merit has been envied by the deficient.

The virtuous are envied by those of lesser worth.

يا بؤس قوم ليس جرم عدوهم

يا بؤس قوم ليس جرم عدوهم

إلا تظاهر نعمة الرحمن

إلا تظاهر نعمة الرحمن

Woe to a people whose enemy's only crime

Oh what misfortune that a people whose only crime

is the profusion of the Most Merciful's bounty.

Is displaying the blessings of the Merciful should have enemies.