لَو كانَ عُجبُكَ مِثلَ لُبِّكَ لَم يَكُن

لَو كانَ عُجبُكَ مِثلَ لُبِّكَ لَم يَكُن

لَكَ وَزنُ خَردَلَةٍ مِنَ الإِعجابِ

لَكَ وَزنُ خَردَلَةٍ مِنَ الإِعجابِ

If your conceit matched your intellect, you would not have

If your admiration were like your mind, there would be

A mustard seed’s weight of self-admiration.

No mustard seed's weight of admiration in you.

أَو كانَ لُبُّكَ مِثلَ عُجبِكَ لَم يَكُن

أَو كانَ لُبُّكَ مِثلَ عُجبِكَ لَم يَكُن

أَحَدٌ يَفوقُكَ مِن ذَوي الأَلبابِ

أَحَدٌ يَفوقُكَ مِن ذَوي الأَلبابِ

Or if your intellect matched your conceit, there would not be

Or if your mind were like your admiration, then none

Anyone among people of intellect who could surpass you.

Of the enlightened would surpass you.