نَبَذتُمُ الأَديانَ مِن خَلفِكُم

نَبَذتُمُ الأَديانَ مِن خَلفِكُم

وَلَيسَ في الحِكَمةِ أَن تُنبَذا

وَلَيسَ في الحِكَمةِ أَن تُنبَذا

You have cast the religions behind you,

You have forsaken religions behind you

and it is not wise for them to be cast aside.

And it is not wisdom to forsake them

لا قاضِيَ المِصرِ أَطَعتُم وَلا

لا قاضِيَ المِصرِ أَطَعتُم وَلا

الحَبرَ وَلا القَسُّ وَلا الموبَذا

الحَبرَ وَلا القَسُّ وَلا الموبَذا

You obeyed neither the city's judge, nor

You obeyed not the Judge of Egypt, nor

the rabbi, nor the priest, nor the mobad.

The Priest, the Monk, the Hermit revered

إِن عُرِضَت مِلَّتُكُم بَينَهُم

إِن عُرِضَت مِلَّتُكُم بَينَهُم

قالَ جَميعُ القَومِ لا حَبَّذا

قالَ جَميعُ القَومِ لا حَبَّذا

If your creed were presented among them,

If your religion were presented to them

all the people would say, “How unwelcome!”

All would cry: nothing better than this!