يا عائِبَ الحبرِ والأقلامِ ما قدّحّتْ

يا عائِبَ الحبرِ والأقلامِ ما قدّحّتْ

زِنادُ قولِكَ غيرَ الإفْكِ والكَذِبِ

زِنادُ قولِكَ غيرَ الإفْكِ والكَذِبِ

O you who disparage ink and pens, nothing has been kindled

O you who fault the ink and pens, nothing

by the flints of your speech but falsehood and lies.

The flint of your words has struck but lies and slander

لولا المَحابِرُ والأقلامُ لانطمَستْ

لولا المَحابِرُ والأقلامُ لانطمَستْ

مِنَ الأنامِ رُسومُ العِلمِ والأدَبِ

مِنَ الأنامِ رُسومُ العِلمِ والأدَبِ

Without inkwells and pens, there would vanish

Were it not for pens and scrolls, erased

from humankind the traces of knowledge and literature.

Would be mankind's traces of knowledge and literature

هَذي قَليبُ القُلوبِ الصَّادِياتِ وذي

هَذي قَليبُ القُلوبِ الصَّادِياتِ وذي

أرشاؤها يُستقى مِنها بلا تَعَبِ

أرشاؤها يُستقى مِنها بلا تَعَبِ

These are the well of thirsty hearts, and these

Is their lifeblood, extracted without toil

its bucket-ropes; water is drawn from it without toil.

Verily, the pens and scrolls are the noblest things

إنَّ المَحاِبرَ والأقلامَ أشرَفُ ما

إنَّ المَحاِبرَ والأقلامَ أشرَفُ ما

يَعلو بهِ شَرفُ الأقدارِ والرُّتَبِ

يَعلو بهِ شَرفُ الأقدارِ والرُّتَبِ

Indeed, inkwells and pens are the noblest means

By which is raised high honor and rank

by which the honor of standing and rank is raised.