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Ask about me, and from days gone by learn

سل بي وبالأيام تعرف

1. Ask about me, and from days gone by learn
That I'm a son of Time, so rarely fair.

١. سَلْ بِي وَبِالأَيَّامِ تَعْرِفْ
أَنِّي ابْنُ دَهْرٍ لِيْسَ يُنْصِفْ

2. With eloquence known far and wide
Comes ease, not pretense and contrived air.

٢. وَبَلاَغَةٍ مَعْرُوفَةٍ
سَهُلَتْ وَأَخْطَأَهَا التَّكَلُّفْ

3. Lines in flowing script, illuminated
On leaflets, glow as wafting light so fair.

٣. وَسُطُورِ خَطٍّ مُونَقٍ
فِي الطِّرْسِ كَالنُّوْرِ المُفَوَّفْ

4. But lines bring gain not, however fine,
Unless as Sacred Text they shine out there.

٤. وَالْخَطُّ لِيْسَ بِنَافِعٍ
مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ خَطَّاً مُصَحَّفْ