دَعْ ذِكرَ باناتِ العَلَمْ

دَعْ ذِكرَ باناتِ العَلَمْ

والنازلاتِ بذي سَلَمْ

والنازلاتِ بذي سَلَمْ

Leave off recalling the bān trees of al-ʿAlam,

Leave mentioning the flags of glory

and the women encamped at Dhū Salam.

And those who descended at Dhi Salam

جَدَّ المشيبُ فلا تَدَعْ

جَدَّ المشيبُ فلا تَدَعْ

ذاك القديمَ على القِدَمْ

ذاك القديمَ على القِدَمْ

Gray hair has appeared, so do not leave

Old age has come so don't leave

that old concern unchanged.

That ancient one on his feet

للدَّهرِ حُكمٌ في الوَرَى

للدَّهرِ حُكمٌ في الوَرَى

فأطِعْهُ وارضَ بما حَكَمْ

فأطِعْهُ وارضَ بما حَكَمْ

Time has dominion over humankind;

Fate has a rule in the land

so obey it and accept what it has decreed.

So obey it and accept what it ruled

واصبِرْ وإلا فالضَّنَى

واصبِرْ وإلا فالضَّنَى

وافكُرْ وإلاّ فالنَدَمْ

وافكُرْ وإلاّ فالنَدَمْ

And be patient, or else comes wasting sickness;

And be patient, otherwise there is anxiety

and reflect, or else comes regret.

And think, otherwise there is regret

واعملْ بعلِمِكَ إنَّهُ

واعملْ بعلِمِكَ إنَّهُ

من دُونِ ذلكَ كالعَدَمْ

من دُونِ ذلكَ كالعَدَمْ

And act upon your knowledge, for it,

And act with your knowledge, as without it

without that, is as nothing.

It's like non-existence

وإذا سكَتَّ فعن رِضَىً

وإذا سكَتَّ فعن رِضَىً

وإذا نَطقتَ فبالحِكَمْ

وإذا نَطقتَ فبالحِكَمْ

And when you are silent, let it be out of contentment;

And if you are silent then out of consent

and when you speak, let it be with words of wisdom.

And if you speak then with wisdom

وإذا سَألتَ فلا تَزِد

وإذا سَألتَ فلا تَزِد

وإذا سُئلتَ فقُلْ نَعَمْ

وإذا سُئلتَ فقُلْ نَعَمْ

And when you ask, do not ask for too much;

And if you ask then don't exceed

and when you are asked, say yes.

And if you are asked then say yes

وإذا أرَدتَ قصيدةً

وإذا أرَدتَ قصيدةً

نَبِّهْ لها عُمَراً وَنَمْ

نَبِّهْ لها عُمَراً وَنَمْ

And when you want a poem,

And if you want a poem

rouse ʿUmar for it, and sleep.

Alert it to Umar and sleep

الشاعرُ العربيُّ ذو ال

الشاعرُ العربيُّ ذو ال

غَرَرِ التي سَبَتِ العَجَمْ

غَرَرِ التي سَبَتِ العَجَمْ

The Arab poet, master of the

The Arab poet whose wonders

brilliant verses that took non-Arabs captive.

Captivated the non-Arabs

عَلَمٌ هُوَ الهادي الرفيعُ

عَلَمٌ هُوَ الهادي الرفيعُ

فكيفَ شِئتَ هو العَلَمْ

فكيفَ شِئتَ هو العَلَمْ

He is a standard, guiding and lofty;

A flag he is, the eminent guide

so however you take it, he is the standard.

However you wished he is the flag

في المَكرُماتِ لهُ يدٌ

في المَكرُماتِ لهُ يدٌ

وإلى الصَّوابِ لهُ قَدَمْ

وإلى الصَّوابِ لهُ قَدَمْ

In noble deeds he has a hand,

In generosity he has a hand

and a foot turned toward what is right.

And to right he has a foot

ولهُ مَناقِبُ لا تُنا

ولهُ مَناقِبُ لا تُنا

لُ كأنَّها صيدُ الحَرَمْ

لُ كأنَّها صيدُ الحَرَمْ

And he has virtues beyond

And he has traits that cannot be

reach, as though they were game in the Sanctuary.

Matched as if the sanctuary's game

يا من شمائلُ لُطفِهِ

يا من شمائلُ لُطفِهِ

نَسَمٌ بها تحْيا النَسَمْ

نَسَمٌ بها تحْيا النَسَمْ

O you whose gracious qualities

O you whose traits of gentleness

are breezes through which souls live!

A breeze with which the breeze lives

آياتُ حَقٍٍّ أُنزِلَتْ

آياتُ حَقٍٍّ أُنزِلَتْ

ما بينَ نُونِكَ والقَلَمْ

ما بينَ نُونِكَ والقَلَمْ

Verses of truth were sent down

Verses of truth revealed

between your inkwell and the pen.

Between your noon and pen

أعجَزْتَني عن حَصرِها

أعجَزْتَني عن حَصرِها

فأضَعتُ فَذلكَةَ الرَّقَمْ

فأضَعتُ فَذلكَةَ الرَّقَمْ

You have left me unable to count them,

You made me unable to comprehend them

so I lost the final tally.

So I missed the numbering