كَم قَبلَ هَذا الجِلِ وَلّى جيلُ

كَم قَبلَ هَذا الجِلِ وَلّى جيلُ

هَيهاتَ لَيسَ إِلى البَقاءِ سَبيلُ

هَيهاتَ لَيسَ إِلى البَقاءِ سَبيلُ

How many generations passed away before this generation!

How many a generation before this faded away,

How many generations have passed away before this one?

Alas, there is no way to last forever.

Alas, there is no way to immortality!

Alas, there is no path to eternity.

ضَحِكَ الشَبابُ مِنَ الكُهولِ فَأَغرَقوا

ضَحِكَ الشَبابُ مِنَ الكُهولِ فَأَغرَقوا

وَاِستَيقَظوا فَإِذا الشَبابُ كُهولُ

وَاِستَيقَظوا فَإِذا الشَبابُ كُهولُ

The young laughed at the middle-aged, laughing to excess;

The youth laughed at the elders and drowned,

Youth laughed at old age, drowning in their mirth,

And awoke to find the young themselves middle-aged.

Then they awoke to find that they had become the elders.

Only to wake and find that youth itself had turned old.

نَأتي وَنَمضي وَالزَمانُ مُخَلَّدٌ

نَأتي وَنَمضي وَالزَمانُ مُخَلَّدٌ

الصُبحُ صُبحٌ وَالأَصيلُ أَصيلُ

الصُبحُ صُبحٌ وَالأَصيلُ أَصيلُ

We come and go, while time endures forever;

We come and go while time endures,

We come and go, while Time remains immortal;

Morning remains morning, and late afternoon remains late afternoon.

The morn is a morn, and evening is evening.

The dawn remains dawn, and the dusk remains dusk.

حَرٌّ وَقَرُّن يُبلِيانِ جُسومَنا

حَرٌّ وَقَرُّن يُبلِيانِ جُسومَنا

لَيتَ الزَمانَ كَما نَحولُ يَحولُ

لَيتَ الزَمانَ كَما نَحولُ يَحولُ

Heat and cold wear out our bodies;

Heat and cold erode our bodies,

Heat and cold wear down our bodies,

Would that time changed as we change!

Would that time changed as we change!

Would that Time might change just as we do.

إِنَّ التَحَوُّلَ في الجَمادِ تَقَلُّصٌ

إِنَّ التَحَوُّلَ في الجَمادِ تَقَلُّصٌ

في الحَيِّ مَوتٌ في النَباتِ ذُبولُ

في الحَيِّ مَوتٌ في النَباتِ ذُبولُ

Change in lifeless matter is contraction;

Change means withering for vegetation,

For change in lifeless matter is but contraction,

In living creatures, death; in plants, withering.

Death for the living, and shriveling for inanimate things.

While in the living it is death, and in plants, decay.

قِف بِالمَقابِرِ صامِتاً مُتَأَمِّلاً

قِف بِالمَقابِرِ صامِتاً مُتَأَمِّلاً

كَ غابَ فيها صامِتٌ وَسَأولُ

كَ غابَ فيها صامِتٌ وَسَأولُ

Stand by the graves, silent and contemplative:

Stand silently at the cemeteries, contemplating

Stand by the graveyards, silent and contemplative,

How many a silent one and a questioner have vanished there!

As though you were a silent dead man asking questions.

Observing how many silent ones and questioners lie buried there.

وَسَلِ الكَواكِبَ كَم رَأَت مِن قَبلِنا

وَسَلِ الكَواكِبَ كَم رَأَت مِن قَبلِنا

أُمَماً وَكَم شَهِدَ النُجومَ قَبيلُ

أُمَماً وَكَم شَهِدَ النُجومَ قَبيلُ

And ask the stars how many they saw before us—

Ask the planets how many peoples they saw before us,

And ask the stars how many they have seen before us,

Peoples—and how many a people beheld the stars.

And how many generations the stars have witnessed.

Of nations passed, and how many tribes the stars have witnessed.

تَتَبَدَّلُ الدُنيا رَبَدُّلَ أَهلِها

تَتَبَدَّلُ الدُنيا رَبَدُّلَ أَهلِها

وَاللَهُ لَيسَ لِأَمرِهِ تَبديلُ

وَاللَهُ لَيسَ لِأَمرِهِ تَبديلُ

The world changes as its people change;

The world keeps changing and so do its people,

The world alters with the altering of its people,

But God's decree admits no change.

But God's command does not change.

Yet God’s command admits no alteration.

يا طالِعاً لَفَتَ العُيونَ طُلوعُهُ

يا طالِعاً لَفَتَ العُيونَ طُلوعُهُ

بَعدَ الطُلوعِ وَإِن جَهِلتَ أُفولُ

بَعدَ الطُلوعِ وَإِن جَهِلتَ أُفولُ

O rising one whose rising has drawn all eyes,

O rising sun whose rising has dazzled eyes,

O rising star, whose ascent has captivated all eyes,

After rising comes setting, though you do not know it.

You too will set after rising, though now you know it not.

Know that after every rise—though you may ignore it—comes the setting.

عَطفاً وَرِفقاً بِالقُلوبِ فَإِنَّما

عَطفاً وَرِفقاً بِالقُلوبِ فَإِنَّما

حِقدُ القُلوبِ عَلى أَخيكَ طَويلُ

حِقدُ القُلوبِ عَلى أَخيكَ طَويلُ

Show compassion and gentleness toward hearts, for

Be gentle and kindly to people's hearts,

Be gentle and kind to human hearts, for truly,

Hearts' hatred of your brother endures long.

For rancor in hearts against your brother is prolonged.

The malice held in hearts against your brother lasts long.

أُنظُر فَوَجهُ الأَرضِ أَغبَرُ شاحِبٌ

أُنظُر فَوَجهُ الأَرضِ أَغبَرُ شاحِبٌ

وَاِسمَع فَأَصواتُ الرِياحِ عَويلُ

وَاِسمَع فَأَصواتُ الرِياحِ عَويلُ

Look: the face of the earth is dusty and pale;

Look, the face of the earth is dusty and wan,

Look, the face of the earth is dusty and pale,

And listen: the winds' voices are wailing.

And listen, the winds are wailing.

And listen, for the voices of the winds are a wailing cry.

وَمِنَ الحَديدِ صَواعِقٌ وَمِنَ العَجا

وَمِنَ الحَديدِ صَواعِقٌ وَمِنَ العَجا

جِ غَمائِمٌ وَمِنَ الدِماءِ سُيولُ

جِ غَمائِمٌ وَمِنَ الدِماءِ سُيولُ

And from iron come thunderbolts, and from the dust

Lightning comes from iron, from clouds rain,

There are thunderbolts forged of iron, and from the dust

Come clouds, and from blood come torrents.

And from blood, floods.

Come blinding clouds, and from the blood come floods.

ما كُنتُ أَعلَمُ قَبلَما حَمِسَ الوَغى

ما كُنتُ أَعلَمُ قَبلَما حَمِسَ الوَغى

أَنَّ الضَواري وَالأَنامَ شُكولُ

أَنَّ الضَواري وَالأَنامَ شُكولُ

I did not know, before battle grew fierce,

I did not know before the tumult arose

I did not know, before the flames of war grew fierce,

That beasts of prey and humankind are alike.

That beasts and men are alike.

That wild beasts and mankind were of the same likeness.

يا أَرضَ أورُبّا وَيا أَبنائَها

يا أَرضَ أورُبّا وَيا أَبنائَها

في عُنقِ مَن هَذا الدَمُ المَطلولُ

في عُنقِ مَن هَذا الدَمُ المَطلولُ

O land of Europe, and O her children,

O Europe, whose blood is this

O land of Europe, and you, her children:

On whose neck lies this blood shed unavenged?

That is shed every day, by you or for you?

Upon whose neck does this wasted blood hang?

في كُلِّ يَومٍ مِنكُمُ أَو عَنكُمُ

في كُلِّ يَومٍ مِنكُمُ أَو عَنكُمُ

نَبَأٌ تَجيءُ بِهِ الرُواةُ مَهولُ

نَبَأٌ تَجيءُ بِهِ الرُواةُ مَهولُ

Each day, from you or about you,

Each day's news is appalling -

Every day, from you or concerning you,

Comes a terrifying report carried by the narrators.

Brought by reporters terrified.

Comes news brought by narrators that strikes terror.

مَزَّقتُمُ أَقسامَكُم وَعُهودَكُم

مَزَّقتُمُ أَقسامَكُم وَعُهودَكُم

وَلَقَد تَكونُ كَأَنَّها التَنزيلُ

وَلَقَد تَكونُ كَأَنَّها التَنزيلُ

You tore up your oaths and covenants,

You have torn up your covenants and pacts

You have torn apart your oaths and your covenants,

Though they might well seem like divine revelation.

Into pieces as though they were Scripture.

Though they were once held sacred as holy writ.

وَبَعَثتُمُ الأَطماعَ فَهيَ جَحافِلٌ

وَبَعَثتُمُ الأَطماعَ فَهيَ جَحافِلٌ

مِن خَلفِهِنَّ جَحافِلٌ وَخُيولُ

مِن خَلفِهِنَّ جَحافِلٌ وَخُيولُ

And you stirred up greedy ambitions: they are legions,

You have unleashed ambitions, so hosts march

You have awakened greeds, marching like armies,

With legions and horses behind them.

With more hosts and cavalry behind.

With yet more armies and cavalry following in their wake.

وَنَشَرتُمُ الأَحقادَ فَهيَ مَدافِعٌ

وَنَشَرتُمُ الأَحقادَ فَهيَ مَدافِعٌ

وَقَذائِفٌ وَأَسِنَّةٌ وَنُصولُ

وَقَذائِفٌ وَأَسِنَّةٌ وَنُصولُ

And you spread hatreds: they are cannons,

You have spread hatred, so there are cannon,

You have spread hatreds that have become cannons,

And shells, spearheads, and blades.

Shells, bayonets and lances.

And shells, and spearheads, and blades.

لَو لَم تَكُن أَضغانُكُم أَسيافَكُم

لَو لَم تَكُن أَضغانُكُم أَسيافَكُم

أَمسى بِها مِمّا تُسامُ فُلولُ

أَمسى بِها مِمّا تُسامُ فُلولُ

Had your grudges not been your swords,

Had your grudges not been your swords,

Had your grudges not been your very swords,

They would bear notches from what they are made to endure.

Their remains would be as those who submit.

They would have shattered from the violence they inflict.

عَلَّمتُمُ عِزريلَ في هَذي الوَغى

عَلَّمتُمُ عِزريلَ في هَذي الوَغى

ما كانَ يَجهَلُ عِلمَهُ عِزريلُ

ما كانَ يَجهَلُ عِلمَهُ عِزريلُ

You taught Azrael in this battle

You have taught Azrael in this tumult

You have taught Azrael, in this tumult,

What Azrael had not known.

What Azrael did not know before.

Skills of death that Azrael never knew.

إِن كانَ هَذا ما يُسَمّى عِندَكُم

إِن كانَ هَذا ما يُسَمّى عِندَكُم

عِلماً فَأَينَ الجَهلُ وَالتَضليلُ

عِلماً فَأَينَ الجَهلُ وَالتَضليلُ

If this is what you call

If this be what you call science,

If this is what you choose to call

Knowledge, then where are ignorance and deception?

Where then are ignorance and perversion?

"Science," then where do ignorance and deception lie?

إِن كانَ هَذا ما يُسَمّى عِندَكُم

إِن كانَ هَذا ما يُسَمّى عِندَكُم

ديناً فَأَينَ الكُفرُ وَالتَعطيلُ

ديناً فَأَينَ الكُفرُ وَالتَعطيلُ

If this is what you call

If this be what you call religion,

If this is what you choose to call

Religion, then where are unbelief and denial of God?

Where then are unbelief and heresy?

"Religion," then what is disbelief and godlessness?

عَوداً إِلى عَصرِ البَداوَةِ إِنَّهُ

عَوداً إِلى عَصرِ البَداوَةِ إِنَّهُ

عَصرٌ جَميلٌ أَن يُقالَ جَميلُ

عَصرٌ جَميلٌ أَن يُقالَ جَميلُ

Back to the age of nomadic life! It is

Return to the age of ignorance - it is

Let us return to the age of primitive savagery,

An age it is fitting to call beautiful.

A fine time to be called fine!

For it was an era truly worthy of being called beautiful.

قابيلُ يا جَدَّ الوَرى نَم هانِئً

قابيلُ يا جَدَّ الوَرى نَم هانِئً

كُلُّ اِمرِئٍ في ثَوبِهِ قَبيلُ

كُلُّ اِمرِئٍ في ثَوبِهِ قَبيلُ

Cain, O forefather of humankind, sleep at ease;

Sleep undisturbed, O Qabil the ancestor -

O Cain, forefather of mankind, sleep in peace;

Every man beneath his clothes is Cain.

Each man wraps himself in his own tribe.

For every man now wears the robe of Cain.

لا تَفخَروا بِعُقولِكُم وَنِتاجِها

لا تَفخَروا بِعُقولِكُم وَنِتاجِها

كنَت لَكُم قَبلَ القِتالِ عُقولُ

كنَت لَكُم قَبلَ القِتالِ عُقولُ

Do not boast of your minds and their products;

Do not glory in your minds and their products.

Do not boast of your intellects and what they produce,

You had minds before the fighting.

You had minds before the fighting began!

For you possessed reason only before the fighting began.

لا أَنتُمُ أَنتُم وَلا أَرباضُكُم

لا أَنتُمُ أَنتُم وَلا أَرباضُكُم

تِلكَ الَّتي فيها الهَناءُ يَقيلُ

تِلكَ الَّتي فيها الهَناءُ يَقيلُ

You are not yourselves, nor are your towns

You are not you, nor are your teachers -

You are no longer yourselves, nor are your cities

Those where happiness takes its midday rest.

Those in whom luxury breeds and rests.

The places where happiness once found its rest.

لا تَطلُبوا بِالمُرهَفاتِ ذُحولُكُم

لا تَطلُبوا بِالمُرهَفاتِ ذُحولُكُم

في نَيلِها بِالمُرهَفاتِ ذُحولُ

في نَيلِها بِالمُرهَفاتِ ذُحولُ

Do not seek your revenge with sharpened swords;

Do not with machines seek your livelihood

Do not seek your vengeance with sharp blades,

Taking it with sharpened swords brings further vengeance.

Or drive machines in seeking livelihood.

For seeking it with blades only breeds new vengeance.

إِنَّ الأَنامَ عَلى اِختِلافِ لُغاتِهِم

إِنَّ الأَنامَ عَلى اِختِلافِ لُغاتِهِم

وَصِفاتِهِم لَو تَذكُرونَ قَبيلُ

وَصِفاتِهِم لَو تَذكُرونَ قَبيلُ

Humankind, despite the differences in their languages

Though peoples speak in different tongues

Truly, all mankind, despite their varied tongues

And traits, is one tribe, if you remember.

And look different, if you but remember Qabil!

And traits, are but a single tribe, if you would remember.

يا عامَنا هَل فيكَ ثَمَّةَ مَطمَعٌ

يا عامَنا هَل فيكَ ثَمَّةَ مَطمَعٌ

بِالسِلمِ أَم هَذا الشَقاءُ يَطولُ

بِالسِلمِ أَم هَذا الشَقاءُ يَطولُ

O our year, is there any hope in you

O our time, is there still some hope

O current year, is there any hope within you

For peace, or will this misery drag on?

Of peace, or does this misery go on?

For peace, or is this misery destined to prolong?

مَرَّت عَلَيها حِجَّتانِ وَلَم تَزَل

مَرَّت عَلَيها حِجَّتانِ وَلَم تَزَل

تَتلو الفُضولَ مَشاهِدٌ وَفُصولُ

تَتلو الفُضولَ مَشاهِدٌ وَفُصولُ

Two years have passed over it, and still

Twice seven years have passed

Two full years have passed over it, and still

Scenes and episodes follow the excesses.

And scenes of woe unfold.

The tragic scenes and chapters continue to unfold.

لَم يَعشَقِ الناسُ الفَناءَ وَإِنَّما

لَم يَعشَقِ الناسُ الفَناءَ وَإِنَّما

فَوقَ البَصائِرِ وَالعُقولِ سُدولُ

فَوقَ البَصائِرِ وَالعُقولِ سُدولُ

People have not loved annihilation; rather,

It is not death that people love, but over minds

People have not fallen in love with annihilation, but rather,

Veils hang over insight and reason.

And reason, there are blinds.

Veils have fallen over their insights and their minds.

أَنا بَسَمتُ وَقَد رَأَيتُكَ مُقبِلاً

أَنا بَسَمتُ وَقَد رَأَيتُكَ مُقبِلاً

فَكَما يَهَشُّ لِعائِديهِ عَليلُ

فَكَما يَهَشُّ لِعائِديهِ عَليلُ

I smiled when I saw you approaching,

I smiled when I saw you coming,

I smiled when I saw you approaching,

As a sick man brightens for his visitors.

As the sick man rejoices when his friend returns.

Just as a sick man beams at those who visit him.

وَإِذا سَكَنتُ إِلى الهُمومِ فَمِثلَما

وَإِذا سَكَنتُ إِلى الهُمومِ فَمِثلَما

رَضِيَ القُيودُ الموثَقُ المَكبولُ

رَضِيَ القُيودُ الموثَقُ المَكبولُ

And if I resign myself to sorrows, it is as

And when I sink into despair, it is as though

And if I have resigned myself to sorrow, it is like

A bound, shackled man accepts his chains.

The fettered captive is content with his chains.

The bound captive who has accepted his chains.

لا يَستَوي الرَجُلانِ هَذا قَلبُهُ

لا يَستَوي الرَجُلانِ هَذا قَلبُهُ

خالٍ وَهَذا قَلبُهُ الجَهولُ

خالٍ وَهَذا قَلبُهُ الجَهولُ

The two men are not alike: this one's heart

Two men are not alike: this one's heart is empty,

Two men are not equal: one whose heart is

Is empty, and that one's heart is ignorant.

And that one's heart is ignorant.

Free of care, and the other whose heart is lost in ignorance.

لا يَخدَعَنَّ العارِفونَ نُفوسَهُم

لا يَخدَعَنَّ العارِفونَ نُفوسَهُم

إِنَّ المَخادِعَ نَفسَهُ لَجَهولُ

إِنَّ المَخادِعَ نَفسَهُ لَجَهولُ

Let those who know never deceive themselves:

Let not the wise delude themselves -

Let those who know not deceive their own souls;

He who deceives himself is surely ignorant.

The self-deceiver's heart itself is ignorant.

For he who deceives himself is truly ignorant.

في الشَرقِ قَومٌ لَم يَسَلّوا صارِماً

في الشَرقِ قَومٌ لَم يَسَلّوا صارِماً

وَالسَيفُ فَوقَ رُؤوسِهِم مَسلولُ

وَالسَيفُ فَوقَ رُؤوسِهِم مَسلولُ

In the East are people who have drawn no sword,

There are people in the East who have not unsheathed a sword,

In the East lives a people who have unsheathed no sword,

Yet the sword above their heads is unsheathed.

Yet the sword hangs over their heads unsheathed.

Yet the sword hangs drawn above their heads.

وَجَهِلوا وَلَم تَجَهل نُفوسُهُمُ الأَسى

وَجَهِلوا وَلَم تَجَهل نُفوسُهُمُ الأَسى

أَشقى الأَنامِ العارِفُ المَجهولُ

أَشقى الأَنامِ العارِفُ المَجهولُ

They were ignorant, yet their souls were not ignorant of sorrow;

They are ignorant, and their souls know no sorrow -

They knew little, yet their souls were not ignorant of sorrow;

The unhappiest of humankind is one who knows yet is unknown.

Most wretched of men is the knowledgeable wretch.

The most wretched of men is the wise one whom no one knows.

أَكبادُهُم مَقروحَةٌ كَجُفونِهِم

أَكبادُهُم مَقروحَةٌ كَجُفونِهِم

وَزَفيرُهُم بِأَنينِهِم مَوصولُ

وَزَفيرُهُم بِأَنينِهِم مَوصولُ

Their livers are wounded, like their eyelids;

Their livers are wounded like their eyelids,

Their hearts are ulcerated like their weeping eyelids,

And their sighs are joined to their groans.

And their sighing is joined with their groaning.

And their sighs are tethered to their groans.

أَمّا الرَجاءُ وَطالَما عاشوا بِهِ

أَمّا الرَجاءُ وَطالَما عاشوا بِهِ

فَالدَمعُ يَشهَدُ أَنَّهُ مَقتولُ

فَالدَمعُ يَشهَدُ أَنَّهُ مَقتولُ

As for hope, by which they lived so long,

As for hope - however long they live by it -

As for hope—by which they have long subsisted—

Tears testify that it has been slain.

Tears testify that it is murdered.

Their tears bear witness that it has been slain.

وَاليَأسُ مَوتٌ غَيرَ أَنَّ صَريعَهُ

وَاليَأسُ مَوتٌ غَيرَ أَنَّ صَريعَهُ

يَبقى وَأَمّا نَفسُهُ فَتَزولُ

يَبقى وَأَمّا نَفسُهُ فَتَزولُ

And despair is death, except that its victim

Despair is death, except that its corpse

Despair is a form of death, save that its victim

Remains, while his soul passes away.

Remains, while despair itself disappears.

Remains physically, while his spirit fades away.

رُبّاهُ قَد بَلَغَ الشَقاءُ أَشَدَّهُ

رُبّاهُ قَد بَلَغَ الشَقاءُ أَشَدَّهُ

رُحماكَ إِنَّ الراحِمينَ قَليلُ

رُحماكَ إِنَّ الراحِمينَ قَليلُ

O my Lord, misery has reached its utmost;

O Lord, misery has reached its climax,

O Lord, the misery has reached its peak;

Grant Your mercy: those who show mercy are few.

Your mercy, for the merciful are few!

Grant Your mercy, for the merciful are few indeed.

في اللَهِ وَالوَطَنِ العَزيزِ عِصابَةٌ

في اللَهِ وَالوَطَنِ العَزيزِ عِصابَةٌ

نَكِبوا فَذا عانٍ وَذاكَ قَتيلُ

نَكِبوا فَذا عانٍ وَذاكَ قَتيلُ

For God and the beloved homeland, a band

A band for God and the precious nation

For the sake of God and the cherished homeland, a group

Was stricken: this one a captive, that one slain.

Has dedicated itself, some being helpers others martyrs.

Has been stricken: one is captive, another slain.

لَو لَم يَمُت شَمَمُ النُفوسِ بِمَوتِهِم

لَو لَم يَمُت شَمَمُ النُفوسِ بِمَوتِهِم

ثارَ الشَآمُ لِمَوتِهِم وَالنيلُ

ثارَ الشَآمُ لِمَوتِهِم وَالنيلُ

Had the proud dignity of souls not died with their deaths,

Were it not for their deaths striking the souls of the living,

If the dignity of souls had not died with their deaths,

Al-Sham and the Nile would have risen at their deaths.

Syria and the Nile would have revolted at their deaths.

Syria and the Nile would have risen up to avenge them.

يا نازِحِنَ عَنِ الشَآمِ تَذَكَّروا

يا نازِحِنَ عَنِ الشَآمِ تَذَكَّروا

مَن في الشَآمِ وَما يَليهِ نُزولُ

مَن في الشَآمِ وَما يَليهِ نُزولُ

O you who have gone far from al-Sham, remember

O you who flee from Syria, remember

O you who have emigrated from Syria, remember

Those dwelling in al-Sham and the lands around it.

Those in Syria and around it who have come down.

Those left in Syria, and the calamities that befall them.

هَمُّ المَمالِكِ في الجِهادِ وَهَمُّكُم

هَمُّ المَمالِكِ في الجِهادِ وَهَمُّكُم

قالٌ تَسيرُ بِهِ الطُروسُ وَقيلُ

قالٌ تَسيرُ بِهِ الطُروسُ وَقيلُ

The kingdoms' concern is warfare, while yours

States are anxious to strive, while you

The concern of nations is their struggle, while your concern

Is talk and hearsay carried by written pages.

Are anxious for the cackle of rumors and gossip.

Is but rumor and gossip carried upon sheets of paper.

هُبّوا اِعمَلوا لِبِلادِكُم وَلِنَسلِكُم

هُبّوا اِعمَلوا لِبِلادِكُم وَلِنَسلِكُم

بِئسَ الحَياةُ سَكينَةٌ وَخُمولُ

بِئسَ الحَياةُ سَكينَةٌ وَخُمولُ

Rise! Work for your country and your descendants.

Bestir yourselves and work for your country and your children.

Rise up! Work for your lands and for your descendants;

Wretched is a life of stillness and idleness!

Wretched is the idle and stagnant life!

Wretched is a life of passivity and sloth.

لا تَقبَضوا الأَيدي فَهَذا يَومُكُم

لا تَقبَضوا الأَيدي فَهَذا يَومُكُم

شَرُّ الوَرى جَعدُ البَنانِ بَخيلُ

شَرُّ الوَرى جَعدُ البَنانِ بَخيلُ

Do not close your hands: this is your day.

Do not keep your hands clenched, for this is your day.

Do not withhold your hands, for this is your day;

The worst of humankind is a tight-fisted miser.

The worst of foes is the idle palm.

The worst of men is the tight-fisted miser.

وَعَدَ الإِلاهُ المُحسِنينَ بِبَرِّهِ

وَعَدَ الإِلاهُ المُحسِنينَ بِبَرِّهِ

وَكَما عَلِمتُم وَعدُهُ تَنويلُ

وَكَما عَلِمتُم وَعدُهُ تَنويلُ

God has promised His bounty to those who do good;

God has promised those who do good with goodness,

God has promised His kindness to those who do good,

And, as you know, His promise is bestowal.

And as you know, His promise is not untrue.

And as you know, His promise is always fulfilled.