كَفاهُ فضْلاً أنِ امْتاحَتْ مَعارِفُهُ

كَفاهُ فضْلاً أنِ امْتاحَتْ مَعارِفُهُ

منْ هائِلِ اليَمِّ لا يُدْرى بمِقْياسِ

منْ هائِلِ اليَمِّ لا يُدْرى بمِقْياسِ

It is distinction enough for him that his learning drew water

It suffices him as merit that his knowledge encompasses

From the immense sea that no measure can fathom—

The immense, boundless ocean, a measure beyond knowing,

بحْرُ العُلومِ الذي منْ دونِهِ وكفَتْ

بحْرُ العُلومِ الذي منْ دونِهِ وكفَتْ

خُلْجانُ عِلْمٍ وما في الحقِّ منْ باسِ

خُلْجانُ عِلْمٍ وما في الحقِّ منْ باسِ

The sea of learning, beneath which trickled

The sea of sciences, next to which the swelling

Channels of knowledge—and there is no harm in truth.

Tides of knowledge are trifling, worthless in truth.

إذا الجَوارِحُ في حُسْنِ وفي حرَكٍ

إذا الجَوارِحُ في حُسْنِ وفي حرَكٍ

صحّتْ أفاعيلُها فالفَضْلُ للرّاسِ

صحّتْ أفاعيلُها فالفَضْلُ للرّاسِ

When the limbs, in beauty and in motion,

When the faculties, in their beauty and motion

Act rightly, the credit belongs to the head.

Perform their functions well, the credit's the head's.

وإنْ تُنوزِعَتِ العَلْياءُ وادُّعِيَتْ

وإنْ تُنوزِعَتِ العَلْياءُ وادُّعِيَتْ

لمالِكٍ مِلْكُها منْ غيْرِ إلْباسِ

لمالِكٍ مِلْكُها منْ غيْرِ إلْباسِ

And even if the highest rank is contested and claimed,

If the noblest are challenged, their rule claimed

Its possession is Malik's, without ambiguity.

By another, the kingdom's still the rightful king's.

وكُلّهُمْ شُهُبٌ للدّينِ هادِيَةٌ

وكُلّهُمْ شُهُبٌ للدّينِ هادِيَةٌ

فَلا تكُنْ لحُقوقِ النّاسِ بالنّاسِ

فَلا تكُنْ لحُقوقِ النّاسِ بالنّاسِ

And all of them are blazing stars, guides to the faith;

And all of them are comets guiding to the faith,

So do not be forgetful of people's rights.

So wrong not people's rights, entitled people.