يا صالِحَ اِجعَل وَصفَ شَخصِك وَاِسمَهُ

يا صالِحَ اِجعَل وَصفَ شَخصِك وَاِسمَهُ

مِثلَنِ إِنَّكَ في بِحارِكَ ماهِرُ

مِثلَنِ إِنَّكَ في بِحارِكَ ماهِرُ

O Salih, make your character and your name

O Noble One, make your description and name

alike; you are skilled in your seas.

Like us, you are skilled in your oceans

ما فِضَّةُ الإِنسانِ إِلّا فَضَّةٌ

ما فِضَّةُ الإِنسانِ إِلّا فَضَّةٌ

وَالتِبرُ تَتبيرٌ وَجَدُّكَ ظاهِرُ

وَالتِبرُ تَتبيرٌ وَجَدُّكَ ظاهِرُ

A man's silver is nothing but a breaking apart;

A human's silver is but silver

and gold dust is destruction, and your fortune is plain.

And tin is tin, and you are the Manifest

وَالدُرُّ دَرٌّ لِلهُمومِ تُسِرُّهُ

وَالدُرُّ دَرٌّ لِلهُمومِ تُسِرُّهُ

إِنَّ الجَواهِرَ بِالأَذاةِ جَواهِرُ

إِنَّ الجَواهِرَ بِالأَذاةِ جَواهِرُ

And pearls are a flow of cares you conceal;

And a pearl is a pearl that delights worries

indeed, jewels proclaim harm aloud.

Indeed jewels are made jewels by suffering

كَذَبَ الَّذي سَمّى المُمَلَّكَ قاهِراً

كَذَبَ الَّذي سَمّى المُمَلَّكَ قاهِراً

نَحنُ الأَذِلَّةُ وَالمَليكُ القاهِرُ

نَحنُ الأَذِلَّةُ وَالمَليكُ القاهِرُ

He lied who named the man made king Qahir ('Subduer');

He who named the Ruler the Subduer lied

we are the abased, and the Sovereign is the Subduer.

We are the abased ones, and the King is the Subduer

وَكَذاكَ يُدعى طاهِراً مَن كُلُّهُ

وَكَذاكَ يُدعى طاهِراً مَن كُلُّهُ

نَجسٌ وَيُفقَدُ في الأَنامِ الطاهِرُ

نَجسٌ وَيُفقَدُ في الأَنامِ الطاهِرُ

Likewise, one is called Tahir ('Pure') whose whole being is

And thus is called Pure, he who is

filth; and among humankind no pure man is found.

Entirely impure, and the Pure is lost among people