بَنِيَّ اِهتَدوا في ما اِهتَدَيتُ سَبيلَهُ

فَأَكرَمُ هَذا الناسَ مَن كانَ هادِيا

My children, be guided in what I was guided

The most honorable of people is one who guides

عَنَيتُ زَماناً لَستُ أَعرِفُ ما الهُدى

وَقَد كانَ ذاكُم ضَلَّةً مِن ضَلالِيا

I was heedless for a time, not knowing what guidance was

And that was straying from my own straying

فَلَمّا أَرادَ اللَهُ رُشدي وَزُلفَتي

أَضاءَ سَبيلَ الحَقِّ لي وَهَدانِيا

But when God wanted to guide me and draw me near

He illuminated for me the path of truth and guided me

فَأَلقَيتُ عَنّي الغَيَّ لِلرُشدِ وَالهُدى

وَيَمَّمتُ نوراً لِلحَنيفَةِ بادِيا

So I cast off error for guidance and righteousness

And set out towards the manifest Hanifiyya

وَصِرتُ إِلى عيسى بنُ مَريَمَ هادِيا

رَشيداً فَسَمّاني المَسيحُ حَوارِيا

And I came to Jesus son of Mary as a guide

Upright, so the Messiah called me a disciple

بَنِيَّ اِتَّقوا اللَهَ الَّذي هُوَ رَبُّكُم

بَراكُم لَهُ فيما بَرا وَبَرانِيا

My children, fear God who is your Lord

Blessed you are through Him in what He blessed and guided me

لِنَعبُدَهُ سُبحانَهُ دونَ غَيرِهِ

لِنَستَدفِعَ البَلوى بِهِ وَالدَواهِيا

That we may worship Him alone without any partners

To ward off trials through Him and calamities

وَنُؤمِنَ بِالإِنجيلِ وَالصُحُفِ الَّتي

بِها يَهتَدي مَن كانَ لِلوَحيِ تالِيا

And believe in the Gospel and the scriptures

Through which those who recite revelation are guided

بَنِيَّ صَحِبتُ الناسَ ثُمَّ خَبِرتُهُم

فَأَفضُلُهُم أَلفَيتُ مَن كانَ واعِيا

My children, I accompanied people and then came to know them

The best of them I found were the most aware

وَأَلفَيتُ أَسناهُم مَحَلّاً وَمَنصِباً

رَشيداً عَنِ الفَحشاءِ وَالإِفكِ ناِهِيا

And I found their elders of status and position

Upright, forbidding indecency and slander

وَأَلفَيتُ أَوهاهُم لَدى كُلِّ أَمرَةٍ

مُضِلّاً لِتَضلالِ العَشيرَةِ غاوِيا

And I found their fools with every chieftain

Misleading, making the clan go astray

بَنِيَّ اِحفَظوا لِلجارِ واجِبَ حَقِّهِ

وَلا تَسلِموا في النائِباتِ المَوالِيا

My children, safeguard the rights of your neighbor

And do not fail in recurring kindnesses

وَشُبّوا عَلى فَرعِ اليَفاعَةِ نارَكُم

لِيَأتيها الضَيفُ الَّذي باتَ سارِيا

And kindle the flames of hospitality

So the guest who arrives finds warmth

وَلا تَبدأوا بِالحَربِ مَن لَم يَكُن لَكُم

مِنَ الناسِ لِلعُدوانِ وَالظُلمِ بادِيا

And do not initiate war against those

Who have not been hostile and oppressive

وَمَهما اِزدَرَعتُم يابَنِيَّ فَإِنَّهُ

سَيُحصَدُ يَوماً بَذرُ ما كانَ زاكِيا

And whatever you sow, my children, it

Will reap one day what was planted wholesome