أَيّوبُ إِنّي لا إِخالُكَ تَمتَري

أَيّوبُ إِنّي لا إِخالُكَ تَمتَري

في أَن تَكونَ جَنيبَةً لِلقائِدِ

في أَن تَكونَ جَنيبَةً لِلقائِدِ

Ayyub, I do not think you doubt

Job, verily I doubt not you are noble,

that you are a led mount for the leader.

Born by your mother in their hovel of poverty

وَلَدَتكَ أُمُّكَ في كِناسَةَ دارِهِم

وَلَدَتكَ أُمُّكَ في كِناسَةَ دارِهِم

حَتّى اِستُثِرتَ مِنَ التُرابِ اللابِدِ

حَتّى اِستُثِرتَ مِنَ التُرابِ اللابِدِ

Your mother bore you in the refuse heap of their house,

Reared from dust never still.

until you were dug out of the compacted earth.

إِن كانَ رَأسُكَ جاءَ حينَ تَزَحَّرَت

إِن كانَ رَأسُكَ جاءَ حينَ تَزَحَّرَت

وَصَليفُ أَذنِكَ مِن مَكانٍ واحِدِ

وَصَليفُ أَذنِكَ مِن مَكانٍ واحِدِ

If your head, when she strained, came forth

with the side of your ear from one and the same place,

فَلَقَد جَثَمتَ عَلى ذِراعِكَ بَعدَما

فَلَقَد جَثَمتَ عَلى ذِراعِكَ بَعدَما

خُطَّت لِأَفضَلَ مِنكَ عَظمُ الساعِدِ

خُطَّت لِأَفضَلَ مِنكَ عَظمُ الساعِدِ

then indeed you crouched upon your arm after

the forearm bone had been marked out for one better than you.