إذا كثرت حسادنا قل عدُّهم

إذا كثرت حسادنا قل عدُّهم

وعزَّ صديقٌ صادقٌ حسبنا الحقُ

وعزَّ صديقٌ صادقٌ حسبنا الحقُ

If our enviers multiply, they count for little;

If our enviers increase, say: count them!

and if a sincere friend is scarce, truth suffices us.

And a sincere, loyal friend is enough for us.

وما أنا في أخلاقهم قد خدمتكم

وما أنا في أخلاقهم قد خدمتكم

ولكن بأخلاقٍ يخلّقها الصدقُ

ولكن بأخلاقٍ يخلّقها الصدقُ

I have not served you in their manner,

And I have not served you with their morals,

but with virtues fashioned by truth.

But with the morals truth itself creates.

فما بلغوا واللّه مني مناهمُ

فما بلغوا واللّه مني مناهمُ

وكانت لك الشكوى ومن فمي النطقُ

وكانت لك الشكوى ومن فمي النطقُ

So, by God, they have not achieved their aims against me;

By Allah, they have not attained their hopes in me

the complaint went to you, and the words came from my mouth.

While you had the complaint and my mouth spoke.

ولست بمن يرضى شفيعاً لديكم

ولست بمن يرضى شفيعاً لديكم

ولكن شفيعي شئمة فيك والخُلقُ

ولكن شفيعي شئمة فيك والخُلقُ

Nor am I one to accept an intercessor before you,

And I am not one who accepts intercession with you

but my intercessor is your noble nature and character.

Rather my intercessor is your dislike of vileness and manners.

فو اللّه ما أخطت فراسة حيدرٍ

فو اللّه ما أخطت فراسة حيدرٍ

ففي راشد سماك كي ترشد الخَلقُ

ففي راشد سماك كي ترشد الخَلقُ

So, by God, Haydar's discernment did not err:

By Allah, the insight of Haydar did not fail

for he named you Rashid, that you might guide humankind.

So that Rashid’s authority guides people.

عليك أبا الأنصاف أنصاف من غدا

عليك أبا الأنصاف أنصاف من غدا

عبيداً لكم حاشاه ما عابهُ عتقُ

عبيداً لكم حاشاه ما عابهُ عتقُ

You owe justice, O father of justice, to one who has become

It is upon you, O fair one, to be fair to one who tomorrow

your humble slave—far be it from him! No emancipation has blemished him.

Will be your loyal slave - the free man whom freedom did not blame.

وفي كل آنٍ دام واللّه حافظا

وفي كل آنٍ دام واللّه حافظا

لعهدك والميثاق ما غرَّه رزقُ

لعهدك والميثاق ما غرَّه رزقُ

And at every moment he has remained, by God, faithful

And at every moment, by Allah as protector,

to your pledge and covenant; no bounty has beguiled him.

Loyal to your pact which gain did not tempt.

إليك أيا مولاي يشكو مصابهُ

إليك أيا مولاي يشكو مصابهُ

فيحظى بألطافٍ ويشملهُ الرفقُ

فيحظى بألطافٍ ويشملهُ الرفقُ

To you, O my lord, he laments his misfortune,

To you, O my Master, he complains of his affliction

and so receives favors, and gentleness enfolds him.

So he obtains kindness and gentle care.

فما أنا ممن قد تضيع حقوقهم

فما أنا ممن قد تضيع حقوقهم

وما أنت ممن ضاع عندهم الحقُ

وما أنت ممن ضاع عندهم الحقُ

For I am not one whose rights may be lost,

For I am not one whose rights are lost

nor are you one with whom justice is lost.

Nor are you one who loses people's rights.