لَعَمرُكَ ما أَهوَيتُ كَفّي لِرِيبَةٍ

لَعَمرُكَ ما أَهوَيتُ كَفّي لِرِيبَةٍ

وَلا حَمَلَتني نَحوَ فاحِشَةٍ رِجلي

وَلا حَمَلَتني نَحوَ فاحِشَةٍ رِجلي

By your life, I have never stretched out my hand for wrongdoing,

By your life! My hands have never intentionally done wrong

nor has my foot carried me toward a shameful act.

Nor have my feet led me to shameful acts

وَلا قادَني سَمعي وَلا بَصَري لَها

وَلا قادَني سَمعي وَلا بَصَري لَها

وَلا دَلَّني رَأيي عَلَيها وَلا عَقلي

وَلا دَلَّني رَأيي عَلَيها وَلا عَقلي

Nor has my hearing or my sight led me to it,

Neither has my hearing nor sight led me that way

nor has my judgment or my reason guided me toward it.

Nor has my reason or sense guided me there

وَإِنّيَ حَقا لم تُصِبني مُصيبَةٌ

وَإِنّيَ حَقا لم تُصِبني مُصيبَةٌ

مِنَ الدَهرِ إِلّا قَد أَصابَت فَتىً قَبلي

مِنَ الدَهرِ إِلّا قَد أَصابَت فَتىً قَبلي

And truly, no misfortune has befallen me

Indeed, no calamity has befallen me

from Time, save one that had already befallen a young man before me.

That has not already afflicted someone before me

وَلَستُ بِماشٍ ما حَيِيت لِمُنكَرٍ

وَلَستُ بِماشٍ ما حَيِيت لِمُنكَرٍ

مِنَ الأَمرِ لا يَمشي إِلى مِثلِهِ مِثلي

مِنَ الأَمرِ لا يَمشي إِلى مِثلِهِ مِثلي

And as long as I live, I shall not walk toward any evil

As long as I live, I shall not walk to forbidden things

deed whose like a man like me would never approach.

That one like me does not walk to the like of them

وَلا مُؤَثِراً نَفسي عَلى ذي قرابَةٍ

وَلا مُؤَثِراً نَفسي عَلى ذي قرابَةٍ

وَأَوثِرُ ضَيفي ما أَقامَ عَلى أَهلي

وَأَوثِرُ ضَيفي ما أَقامَ عَلى أَهلي

Nor will I favor myself over a kinsman,

Nor do I put myself before my next of kin

and I favor my guest, as long as he stays, over my family.

I prefer my guest while he stays with my family