لَنا عَزمَةٌ صَمّاءُ لا تَسمَعُ الرُقى

لَنا عَزمَةٌ صَمّاءُ لا تَسمَعُ الرُقى

تَبيتُ قُلوبَ العاذِلينَ عَلى رُغمِ

تَبيتُ قُلوبَ العاذِلينَ عَلى رُغمِ

We have a deaf resolve that hears no incantations.

We have an obstinate resolve that hears no charms,

It assails reproachers’ hearts by night, against their will.

And dwells within the hearts of censurers despite their scorn.

وَإِنّا لَنُعطي الحَقَّ مِن غَيرِ حاكِمٍ

وَإِنّا لَنُعطي الحَقَّ مِن غَيرِ حاكِمٍ

عَلَينا وَلَو شِئنا كَتَمنا عَلى ظُلمِ

عَلَينا وَلَو شِئنا كَتَمنا عَلى ظُلمِ

And we surely render what is due, without a judge

Indeed we give the truth without a judge decreed,

over us; though, had we wished, we could have withheld it unjustly.

Though we'd have held it back, and borne the wrong with scorn.