قُلْ للخُطوبِ إليكِ عنّي إنّ لي

قُلْ للخُطوبِ إليكِ عنّي إنّ لي

في الخَطبِ عَزْمَا مثلَ حدِّ المُنْصُلِ

في الخَطبِ عَزْمَا مثلَ حدِّ المُنْصُلِ

Tell adversities: Away from me, for I have

Tell troubles coming to you from me that I

In adversity a resolve like the edge of a sword.

In troubles have determination like the edge of an Indian sword

لا يستكِينُ لحادثٍ مِن نكبةٍ

لا يستكِينُ لحادثٍ مِن نكبةٍ

طرَقَتْ ولا يَعيا بأمرٍ مُشكِلِ

طرَقَتْ ولا يَعيا بأمرٍ مُشكِلِ

It yields to no blow of misfortune

Unshaken by any misfortune that has struck

That strikes, nor is it baffled by a difficult matter.

Nor perplexed by any difficult matter

يَلقى الخطوبَ إذا دَجَت أهوالُها

يَلقى الخطوبَ إذا دَجَت أهوالُها

بالصّبرِ حتى تَضمَحِلُّ وتَنجلِي

بالصّبرِ حتى تَضمَحِلُّ وتَنجلِي

It meets adversities when their terrors grow dark

It meets troubles when their horrors thicken

With patience, until they dwindle and clear away.

With patience until they subside and clear away

تنجابُ عنه الحادثاتُ إذا عَرتْ

تنجابُ عنه الحادثاتُ إذا عَرتْ

عن قُلَّبٍ ثبْتِ العزائِمِ حُوَّلِ

عن قُلَّبٍ ثبْتِ العزائِمِ حُوَّلِ

Calamities fall away from him when they strike—

Misfortunes shy away from it when they expose

From one shrewd, steadfast in resolve, and resourceful.

A heart steadfast in purpose and resolute

قد جرّبَ الأيامَ حتى خِلتَه

قد جرّبَ الأيامَ حتى خِلتَه

يُبدي له الماضي خَفِيَّ المُقبِلِ

يُبدي له الماضي خَفِيَّ المُقبِلِ

He has tested the days until you would think

It has experienced days until their familiarity

The past reveals to him what is hidden in the future.

Shows it the hidden future of the past