خَلِّ جَنبَيكَ لِبَاغِ

خَلِّ جَنبَيكَ لِبَاغِ

وتجوَّز بِبَلاغِ

وتجوَّز بِبَلاغِ

Leave both your sides open to any seeker,

Yield your two flanks to an aggressor,

and make do with enough to see you through.

and make do with enough to sustain you.

واستمع ما أنزلَ اللَّ

واستمع ما أنزلَ اللَّ

ه ولا تسمع لِلاغِ

ه ولا تسمع لِلاغِ

Listen to what God has sent down,

And listen to what God has sent down,

and do not listen to an idle babbler.

and do not listen to an idle talker.

لا يَزِغ قلبُكَ واهجُر

لا يَزِغ قلبُكَ واهجُر

كلَّ ذي قلبٍ مُراغِ

كلَّ ذي قلبٍ مُراغِ

Let not your heart swerve; shun

Let your heart not stray, and shun

all those whose hearts turn aside.

everyone with a wayward heart.

فَقَديماً أَفسَدَ المَر

فَقَديماً أَفسَدَ المَر

ءَ يَسارٌ في فَراغِ

ءَ يَسارٌ في فَراغِ

For man has long been corrupted

For long has a person been corrupted

by affluence amid idleness.

by affluence amid leisure.