قَالُوا يُعَادِيكَ جَميعُ الْوَرَى

قَالُوا يُعَادِيكَ جَميعُ الْوَرَى

وأَنْتَ لا تَخْشَى ولا تَفْزَعُ

وأَنْتَ لا تَخْشَى ولا تَفْزَعُ

They said, “All humankind is hostile to you,

They said, all people are against you

yet you neither fear nor take fright.”

Yet you do not fear or waver

فَقُلْتُ لا الدُّنْيا يَصُدُّونَها

فَقُلْتُ لا الدُّنْيا يَصُدُّونَها

عَنّي ولا الأخْرَى ولا يَنْفَعا

عَنّي ولا الأخْرَى ولا يَنْفَعا

I replied, “They can withhold neither this world

So I said, they cannot prevent

from me nor the next, nor can they benefit me.

The world or the hereafter from me, nor benefit

إن بَزّهُمْ شَيْئاً ذُبابٌ فَما

إن بَزّهُمْ شَيْئاً ذُبابٌ فَما

في وُسْعِهِمْ إرْجاعُ ما يَنْزِعُ

في وُسْعِهِمْ إرْجاعُ ما يَنْزِعُ

If a fly snatches anything from them, then

If they injure me, they are but flies, so they

they have no power to recover what it takes.

Cannot restore what they take away

أَأَتْرُكُ الْحَقَّ ونَهْجَ الْهُدَى

أَأَتْرُكُ الْحَقَّ ونَهْجَ الْهُدَى

إنْ مَزّقُوا عِرْضِيَ أَوْ قَعْقَعُوا

إنْ مَزّقُوا عِرْضِيَ أَوْ قَعْقَعُوا

Shall I abandon truth and the path of guidance

Shall I leave truth and the path of guidance

if they shred my honor or make a threatening clatter?

If they shred my honor or clamor?

إذن فَلا كُنْتُ ولا كَانَ لِي

إذن فَلا كُنْتُ ولا كَانَ لِي

بِرَوْضِ عِلْمٍ للهُدَى مَرْتَعُ

بِرَوْضِ عِلْمٍ للهُدَى مَرْتَعُ

Then may I be no more, and may I have no

Then I would not have been, nor would there be for me

pasture for guidance in knowledge’s garden.

In the garden of knowledge, a place to graze

والْجَهلُ قَدْ كانَ بِهِ رَاحَةٌ

والْجَهلُ قَدْ كانَ بِهِ رَاحَةٌ

مِنْ عِلْمِ مَنْ في باطِلٍ يْخضَعُ

مِنْ عِلْمِ مَنْ في باطِلٍ يْخضَعُ

And in ignorance there would indeed be relief

And ignorance would have been a comfort

from the learning of one who bows to falsehood.”

From the knowledge of one who submits to falsehood