أَنَاI لاَnot أَخَافُI fear وَلاَnor أُرَجِّيI hope
أَنَا لاَ أَخَافُ وَلاَ أُرَجِّي
فَرَسِيmy horse مُؤَهَّبَةٌready وَسَرْجِيand my saddle
فَرَسِي مُؤَهَّبَةٌ وَسَرْجِي
I do not fear, nor do I hope.
I fear not, nor do I hope
My horse is ready, and so is my saddle.
My horse is adorned and my saddle ablaze
فَإِذَاso if نَبَاproves inhospitable بِيَto me مَتْنُthe back برٍّdry land
فَإِذَا نَبَا بِيَ مَتْنُ برٍّ
فَالمَطِيَّةُthen the mount بَطْنُthe belly لُجِّthe deep sea
فَالمَطِيَّةُ بَطْنُ لُجِّ
So if the back of dry land spurns me,
So when the course of fate draws near
then the belly of the deep is my mount.
The open desert is my refuge
لاَno قَوْلَspeech غَيْرَother than الْحَقِّthe truth لِيfor me
لاَ قَوْلَ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ لِي
قَوْلٌspeech وَهَذاand this النَّهْجُthe path نَهْجِيmy path
قَوْلٌ وَهَذا النَّهْجُ نَهْجِي
No speech but the truth counts for me
I speak no words except the truth
as speech; and this path is my path.
This is my creed, my way
أَلْوَعْدُthe promise والإيعَادُand the threat مَاnot كَانَاwere (both)
أَلْوَعْدُ والإيعَادُ مَا كَانَا
لَدَيَّfor me طَرِيقَa path فُلْجِvictory
لَدَيَّ طَرِيقَ فُلْجِ
Promises and threats have never been
Neither promise nor threat restrain me
for me a path to victory.
From my destined path