إِذا ما شُبتَ حُسنَ الدي

إِذا ما شُبتَ حُسنَ الدي

نِ مِنكَ بِصالِحِ الأَدَبِ

نِ مِنكَ بِصالِحِ الأَدَبِ

If you blend the beauty of faith

If youthful goodness ripens in you, marked by virtue and fine manners,

within you with virtuous conduct,

Then be as you wish, for you have succeeded through noble lineage.

فَمِمَّن شِئتَ كُن فَلَقَد

فَمِمَّن شِئتَ كُن فَلَقَد

فَلَحَت بِأَكرَمِ النَسَبِ

فَلَحَت بِأَكرَمِ النَسَبِ

then be descended from whomever you wish, for indeed

But tend to your own soul and set it right,

you have prospered through the noblest lineage.

And leave me be, for I am of an ancient lineage.

فَنَفسُكَ قَطُّ أَصلِحها

فَنَفسُكَ قَطُّ أَصلِحها

وَدَعني مِن قَديمِ أَبِ

وَدَعني مِن قَديمِ أَبِ

So reform your own self alone,

and spare me talk of an ancient forefather.