تَرومُ شِفاءَ ما الأَقوامُ فيهِ

تَرومُ شِفاءَ ما الأَقوامُ فيهِ

رُوَيدَكَ إِنَّ داءَ القَومِ أَعيا

رُوَيدَكَ إِنَّ داءَ القَومِ أَعيا

You seek a cure for what afflicts the peoples.

You seek to heal what ails the people

Take it slowly: the people's malady has defied cure.

Curb your zeal, their malady defies healing

فَحاذِر عَقرَباً غَشِيَتكَ لَسباً

فَحاذِر عَقرَباً غَشِيَتكَ لَسباً

وَأُمَّ أَراقِمٍ وافَتكَ سَعيا

وَأُمَّ أَراقِمٍ وافَتكَ سَعيا

So beware a scorpion that has come to sting you,

Beware a scorpion that in outrage may sting you

and a mother of spotted vipers that has come racing toward you.

Or a viper lurking to pounce

وَأَلقَت هَذِهِ الأَيّامُ عِلماً

وَأَلقَت هَذِهِ الأَيّامُ عِلماً

إِلَيكَ فَلَم تُصادِفُ مِنكَ وَعيا

إِلَيكَ فَلَم تُصادِفُ مِنكَ وَعيا

And these days have imparted knowledge

These days have enlightened you

to you, yet found no understanding in you.

Yet you show no comprehension

وَدينُكَ ما عَلَيَّ الحُكمُ فيهِ

وَدينُكَ ما عَلَيَّ الحُكمُ فيهِ

فَأَبغِيَ لِلَّذي أَخفَيتَ بَغيا

فَأَبغِيَ لِلَّذي أَخفَيتَ بَغيا

And your religion is not for me to judge

Your faith is not mine to judge

and thereby wrong you for what you have concealed.

So I pardon what you hide in malice

إِذا الإِنسانُ كَفَّ الشَرَّ عَنّي

إِذا الإِنسانُ كَفَّ الشَرَّ عَنّي

فَسُقياً في الحَياةِ لَهُ وَرَعيا

فَسُقياً في الحَياةِ لَهُ وَرَعيا

If a person refrains from harming me,

When a man spares me harm

then may he be watered and cared for throughout life.

Quenched and at peace through life he will be

وَيَدرُسُ إِن أَرادَ كِتابَ موسى

وَيَدرُسُ إِن أَرادَ كِتابَ موسى

وَيُضمِرُ إِن أَحَبَّ وَلاءَ شَعيا

وَيُضمِرُ إِن أَحَبَّ وَلاءَ شَعيا

And let him study, if he wishes, the Book of Moses,

He may study Moses' book

and inwardly cherish, if he likes, allegiance to Isaiah.

And cherish loyalty to Shu'ayb