وَما تاهَ عَلى الناسِ

وَما تاهَ عَلى الناسِ

شَريفٌ يا أَبا سَعدِ

شَريفٌ يا أَبا سَعدِ

And no one has been haughty toward people

No noble was ever lost among people,

who is noble, O Abu Sa'd.

O Abu Sa'd!

فَتِه ما شِئتَ إِذ كُنتَ

فَتِه ما شِئتَ إِذ كُنتَ

بِلا أَصلٍ وَلا جَدِّ

بِلا أَصلٍ وَلا جَدِّ

So be as haughty as you wish, since you are

Roam as you wish since you are

without lineage or forefather;

Without lineage or ancestry,

وَإِذ حَظُّكَ في الأَشبا

وَإِذ حَظُّكَ في الأَشبا

هِ بَينَ الحُرِّ وَالعَبدِ

هِ بَينَ الحُرِّ وَالعَبدِ

and since your lot among your peers

And since your lot among the rabble

lies between the free man and the slave;

Is between the freeman and the slave,

وَإِذ قاذِفُكَ المُفحِ

وَإِذ قاذِفُكَ المُفحِ

شُ في أَمنٍ مِنَ الحَدِّ

شُ في أَمنٍ مِنَ الحَدِّ

and since the foul-mouthed man who slanders you

And since your slanderer is safe

is safe from the prescribed penalty.

From punishment or penalty.