قَلبي وصَبرِي إلفَانِ مُذْ خُلِقَا

قَلبي وصَبرِي إلفَانِ مُذْ خُلِقَا

تقاسَما صَادِقَينِ لا افْترَقَا

تقاسَما صَادِقَينِ لا افْترَقَا

My heart and my patience have been companions since they were created;

My heart and patience have been companions since their creation

they swore sincerely never to part.

They have sincerely shared without separation

أمشِي الهُوَينى والخطبُ فِي طلبِي

أمشِي الهُوَينى والخطبُ فِي طلبِي

يُوضِعُ طوراً وتارة عَنَقَا

يُوضِعُ طوراً وتارة عَنَقَا

I walk leisurely, while calamity pursues me,

I walk steadily though troubles pursue me

now galloping, now trotting briskly.

Sometimes humbled, at others unbowed

ما يطمعُ الدَّهرُ أن أذِلَّ ولاَ

ما يطمعُ الدَّهرُ أن أذِلَّ ولاَ

تملأُ قَلبي أهوالُه فَرَقَا

تملأُ قَلبي أهوالُه فَرَقَا

Time has no hope of humbling me, nor

Fate cannot make me submit

do its terrors fill my heart with dread.

Nor can its terrors fill my heart with dread

أحنُو ضُلُوعي في كلِّ نائبَةٍ

أحنُو ضُلُوعي في كلِّ نائبَةٍ

على فؤادٍ لا يَعرفُ القَلَقَا

على فؤادٍ لا يَعرفُ القَلَقَا

In every calamity I curve my ribs

I bend my ribs with every calamity

around a heart that knows no anxiety.

Upon a heart that knows no disquiet

لا يزدهِيه خوفُ الحِمامِ ولا

لا يزدهِيه خوفُ الحِمامِ ولا

عَهِدْتُهُ في مُلِمَّةٍ خَفَقَا

عَهِدْتُهُ في مُلِمَّةٍ خَفَقَا

Fear of death does not unnerve it, nor

Neither fear of doves nor being hemmed in

have I ever known it to pound in a crisis.

Have I known it flutter or take fright