اخجلتَ دهراً قد كشفتَ خِداعَهُ

اخجلتَ دهراً قد كشفتَ خِداعَهُ

بمقالكَ البادي البيان الأوضحِ

بمقالكَ البادي البيان الأوضحِ

You have shamed an age whose deceit you have exposed,

You have shamed an era that unveiled its deception

With your speech, clear in expression and most lucid.

With your clear, eloquent words

يا من اناط العلمَ في سِلك التُقَى

يا من اناط العلمَ في سِلك التُقَى

واعادَ من رسم الحِجَى ما قد مُحِي

واعادَ من رسم الحِجَى ما قد مُحِي

O you who strung knowledge on the thread of piety,

O you who endowed knowledge with the path of piety

And restored those traces of wisdom that had been erased.

And restored the proper path from the blueprint of guidance

ناديتُهُ لما تبدَّى ساحباً

ناديتُهُ لما تبدَّى ساحباً

ذيل الحيا خجلاً بلفظٍ مُفصِحِ

ذيل الحيا خجلاً بلفظٍ مُفصِحِ

I called out to it when it appeared, dragging

I called him when he appeared embarrassed

The hem of modesty in shame, with clear words:

The tail of a snake, shy at explicit words

كَذَبَ الذي قد قالَ وَهوَ المفتري

كَذَبَ الذي قد قالَ وَهوَ المفتري

ماتَ الذي قد كُنتَ منهُ تستحي

ماتَ الذي قد كُنتَ منهُ تستحي

He lied who said—he is the fabricator—

The liar who said has lied, he is the slanderer

“The one before whom you once felt shame has died.”

The one you were shy of has died