وَلَيسَ يُزري السواد يَوماً بِذي اللُ

وَلَيسَ يُزري السواد يَوماً بِذي اللُ

بِ وَلا بِالفَتى اللَبيب الاِديب

بِ وَلا بِالفَتى اللَبيب الاِديب

Blackness never disgraces a man of under—

And blackness never detracts from a man of

—standing, nor an intelligent, cultivated youth.

intellect, nor from a discerning, cultured young man.

اِن يَكُن لِلسَّوادِ فيّ نَصيب

اِن يَكُن لِلسَّوادِ فيّ نَصيب

فَبياض الاِخلاقِ مِنهُ نَصيبي

فَبياض الاِخلاقِ مِنهُ نَصيبي

If blackness has a share in Nasib,

If blackness has a share in me,

then purity of character is the share I take from it.

then the whiteness of character is my share of it.