أَيُّها الناطِقونَ بِالضاد هذا

أَيُّها الناطِقونَ بِالضاد هذا

مَنهَلٌ قد صَفا لأَهلِ الضادِ

مَنهَلٌ قد صَفا لأَهلِ الضادِ

O you who speak the tongue of ḍād, this

O speakers of the emphatic dhad, this is

Is a spring that has grown clear for the people of ḍād.

A spring that has cleared for the people of the dhad.

ذا كتاب تجاوَرت كلماتٌ

ذا كتاب تجاوَرت كلماتٌ

فيهِ كانَت مِن قَبلُ كَالأَضدادِ

فيهِ كانَت مِن قَبلُ كَالأَضدادِ

This is a book: words have become neighbors

Were once like opposites.

Within it, though once they were like opposites.

Bonds of meaning have united them,

أَلَّفَت بينَها أَواصرُ معنىً

أَلَّفَت بينَها أَواصرُ معنىً

خَفيَت أَعصُرا على النُقادِ

خَفيَت أَعصُرا على النُقادِ

They were united by bonds of meaning

Hidden for ages from critics.

That had lain hidden from critics for ages.

Coldness was treated, so it turned to affection,

جَفوةٌ عولِجَت فعادَت وِئاما

جَفوةٌ عولِجَت فعادَت وِئاما

وَهوىً طَوعَ خاطرٍ وَقّادِ

وَهوىً طَوعَ خاطرٍ وَقّادِ

Estrangement was healed and turned to harmony

And passion obeyed a will and guide.

And love, at the bidding of a blazing mind.