أَوصى أَبونا مالِكٌ بِوِصايَةٍ

عَمراً وَعَوفاً إِذ تَجَهَّرَ غادِيا

Our father Malik enjoined

Umar and Auf, as he moved away,

بِأَن إِجعَلوا أَموالَكُم وَسُيوفَكُم

لِأَعراضِكُم ما سَلَّمَ اللَهُ واقِيا

To make your wealth and your swords

For your honor, so long as God saves the protector.

فَقُلنا لَهُ إِذ قالَ ما قالَ مَرحَباً

أَمَرتَ بِمَعروفٍ وَأَوصَيتَ كافِيا

So we said to him, when he said what he said, welcome!

You have commanded good and sufficiently advised.