تَمُرّ بيْنَ الْجُمُوعِ مُنْفَرِداً

تَمُرّ بيْنَ الْجُمُوعِ مُنْفَرِداً

مُسْتَغْرِقاً فِي خَيَالِكَ الشِّعْرِي

مُسْتَغْرِقاً فِي خَيَالِكَ الشِّعْرِي

You pass among the crowds alone,

You pass alone amid the crowds

Absorbed in your poetic imagination,

Immersed in your poetic reverie

كَأَنَّ أَمْوَاجَهُمْ بِجُهْرَتِهَا

كَأَنَّ أَمْوَاجَهُمْ بِجُهْرَتِهَا

هَزِيزَ مهدٍ لِذلِكَ الْفِكْرِ

هَزِيزَ مهدٍ لِذلِكَ الْفِكْرِ

As though their waves, with their clamor,

As if their clamor with its din

Were a cradle's rocking for that thought.

Were a cradle's rocking for that thought

تُشْرِقُ بِالْعِلْمِ هَامَةٌ لَكَ قَدْ

تُشْرِقُ بِالْعِلْمِ هَامَةٌ لَكَ قَدْ

مَالَتْ بِآيَاتِهَا مِنَ الْوقرِ

مَالَتْ بِآيَاتِهَا مِنَ الْوقرِ

Your head shines with knowledge; it has

On you shines a halo of knowledge that

Bowed beneath the weight of its wonders.

Inclines with its verses from veneration

إِنْ يَزْدَرُوا قَدْركَ الرَّفِيعَ فَلاَ

إِنْ يَزْدَرُوا قَدْركَ الرَّفِيعَ فَلاَ

تَنْظُرْهُمْ رَفْعَهُ وَلاَ تدْرِي

تَنْظُرْهُمْ رَفْعَهُ وَلاَ تدْرِي

If they scorn your lofty worth, do not

If they spurn your noble worth, then do not

Wait for them to raise it, nor take heed.

Regard their esteem, nor even know

وَرُبَّما أَنْكَرُوا عَلاَك فَلاَ

وَرُبَّما أَنْكَرُوا عَلاَك فَلاَ

تَخْفِضَ جَنَاحاً عنْ هامَةِ النَّسْرِ

تَخْفِضَ جَنَاحاً عنْ هامَةِ النَّسْرِ

And perhaps they have denied your eminence; do not

And if they deny your ascendance, then do not

Lower a wing beneath the eagle's head.

Lower a wing from the halo of the eagle

وَاكْشِفْ لَهُمْ نَفْسَكَ السَّنِيَّةَ عَنْ

وَاكْشِفْ لَهُمْ نَفْسَكَ السَّنِيَّةَ عَنْ

منَارَةٍ فِي الْغَيَاهِبِ الْكَدْرِ

منَارَةٍ فِي الْغَيَاهِبِ الْكَدْرِ

And reveal to them your radiant soul as

And uncover for them your hoary soul from

A beacon in the murky depths of darkness.

A beacon in the gloomy hazes