أَيُّها العاتِبُ فيها عُصيتا

أَيُّها العاتِبُ فيها عُصيتا

لَن تُطاعَ الدَهرَ حَتّى تَموتا

لَن تُطاعَ الدَهرَ حَتّى تَموتا

O you who reproach me over her, you have been disobeyed.

O you who blame her, through her I disobeyed,

You will never be obeyed, ever, until you die.

You will not be obeyed forever until you die.

إِن تَكُن أَصبَحتَ فينا مُطاعاً

إِن تَكُن أَصبَحتَ فينا مُطاعاً

فَلَكَ العُتبى بِأَن لا رَضيتا

فَلَكَ العُتبى بِأَن لا رَضيتا

If you have come to be obeyed among us,

If you have become obeyed among us in the morning,

Then your appeasement is this: may you never be pleased.

Then blame yourself because you were not content.