مَنْ لَمْ يُلاقِ الشُّعرا

مَنْ لَمْ يُلاقِ الشُّعرا

وَفَرَّ مِنْهُمْ سَحَرا

وَفَرَّ مِنْهُمْ سَحَرا

He who has not faced the poets

Who has not met the poets

and fled from them at dawn—

And fled from them by sorcery

كيفَ يُلاقي الرَومَ أَمْ

كيفَ يُلاقي الرَومَ أَمْ

كيفَ يُغازي التَترا

كيفَ يُغازي التَترا

how can he face the Romans, or

How can he meet the Romans or

how can he wage war against the Tatars?

How can he wage war on the Tatars

كَمْ رُمتُ أنْ أَلحقَهُ

كَمْ رُمتُ أنْ أَلحقَهُ

فَفَرَّ مِنّي وجرى

فَفَرَّ مِنّي وجرى

How often I tried to catch up with him,

How much I wished to catch up with him

but he fled from me and ran!

But he fled from me and ran

فبالذي يُبْقيكُمُ

فبالذي يُبْقيكُمُ

لي يا جميعَ الأمرا

لي يا جميعَ الأمرا

So, by Him who preserves you

So by Him who keeps you alive

for me, O princes all:

For me, O all people

منْ هذهِ أوصافُه

منْ هذهِ أوصافُه

باللهِ ما هذا خَرا

باللهِ ما هذا خَرا

one whose qualities are these—

From these attributes of his

by God, is this not shit?

By Allah this is not good