قُل لِاِبنِ سينا لا طَبيـ

قُل لِاِبنِ سينا لا طَبيـ

ـبَ اليَومَ إِلّا الدِرهَمُ

ـبَ اليَومَ إِلّا الدِرهَمُ

Tell Ibn Sina: there is no physician

Tell the son of Sina no medicine today

today except the dirham.

Except the dirham is a doctor

هُوَ قَبلَ بقراطٍ وَقَب

هُوَ قَبلَ بقراطٍ وَقَب

لَكَ لِلجِراحَةِ مَرهَمُ

لَكَ لِلجِراحَةِ مَرهَمُ

It was, before Hippocrates and before

It was before Hippocrates and before you

you, a balm for wounds.

As an ointment for surgery

وَالناسُ مُذ كانوا عَلَيـ

وَالناسُ مُذ كانوا عَلَيـ

ـهِ دائِرونَ وَحُوَّمُ

ـهِ دائِرونَ وَحُوَّمُ

And people, ever since they existed, around

And people since ancient times

it have circled and hovered.

Have revolved around it and coveted it

وَبِسِحرِهِ تَعلو الأَسا

وَبِسِحرِهِ تَعلو الأَسا

فِلُ في العُيونِ وَتَعظُمُ

فِلُ في العُيونِ وَتَعظُمُ

And by its magic, the lowliest rise

And by its magic the fingers

in people's eyes and grow in stature.

Rise in the eyes and are esteemed

يا هَل تُرى الأَلفانِ وَقـ

يا هَل تُرى الأَلفانِ وَقـ

ـفٌ لا يُمَسُّ وَمَحرَمُ

ـفٌ لا يُمَسُّ وَمَحرَمُ

I wonder: are the two thousand an endowment,

O do you see the two thousands untouched

untouchable and sacrosanct?

And forbidden to be touched

بَنكُ السَعيدِ عَلَيهِما

بَنكُ السَعيدِ عَلَيهِما

حَتّى القِيامَةِ قَيِّمُ

حَتّى القِيامَةِ قَيِّمُ

The bank of al-Sa'id is their

Your prosperous bank upon them

trustee until the Resurrection.

Until the Day of Resurrection established

لا شيكَ يَظهَرُ في البُنو

لا شيكَ يَظهَرُ في البُنو

كِ وَلا حِوالَةَ تُخصَمُ

كِ وَلا حِوالَةَ تُخصَمُ

No cheque appears in the banks,

No cheque appears in the banks

nor is any draft discounted.

Nor withdrawal order disputed

وَأَعَفُّ مَن لاقَيتَ يَلـ

وَأَعَفُّ مَن لاقَيتَ يَلـ

ـقاهُ فَلا يَتَكَرَّمُ

ـقاهُ فَلا يَتَكَرَّمُ

And even the most scrupulous person you have met encounters

And most generous whom you meet

it, and does not disdain it.

Does not greet you nor shows courtesy