تَعَلَّم إِن تَشا عِزّا

تَعَلَّم إِن تَشا عِزّا

فَكُلُّ جَهالَةٍ ذِلّة

فَكُلُّ جَهالَةٍ ذِلّة

Learn, if you desire honor,

Learn, if you desire honor

for all ignorance is humiliation.

For every ignorance is humiliation

فَكَم باكٍ عَلى وِزرٍ

فَكَم باكٍ عَلى وِزرٍ

بِعَينٍ مِنهُ مِنهلّة

بِعَينٍ مِنهُ مِنهلّة

For many a man weeps over a sin,

So how many weep over a burden

with an eye streaming tears because of it.

Caused by their own blindness

وَربّتما يَزَلُّ إِذا

وَربّتما يَزَلُّ إِذا

أَرادَ إِزالَةَ الزلّة

أَرادَ إِزالَةَ الزلّة

And often he slips when

And perhaps he who stumbles may steady

he seeks to remedy the slip.

If he desires to correct his stumbling

وَهَلأ تَشفى بِلا عِلمٍ

وَهَلأ تَشفى بِلا عِلمٍ

نُفوسٌ هُنَّ مُعتَلّة

نُفوسٌ هُنَّ مُعتَلّة

And can there be healing without knowledge

Can souls be healed without knowledge?

for souls that are ailing?

When they are already afflicted

طَبيبُ المَرءِ علّتُهُ

طَبيبُ المَرءِ علّتُهُ

إِذا لَم يَعرِفِ العلّة

إِذا لَم يَعرِفِ العلّة

A man's physician is his ailment

The cure for a man is to know

if he does not recognize the ailment.

The cause if he knows not the cause