إذا نَحنُ سَلَّمنا لَكَ العلمَ كلَّهُ

إذا نَحنُ سَلَّمنا لَكَ العلمَ كلَّهُ

فَدَعنا وَهذي الكُتب نُحسِن صُدورَها

فَدَعنا وَهذي الكُتب نُحسِن صُدورَها

If we concede all knowledge to you,

If we surrendered all knowledge to you

then leave us with these books to embellish their openings;

Then leave us be with these books, we understand their secrets

فَاِنَّهُم لا يَرتَضونَ مَجيئِنا

فَاِنَّهُم لا يَرتَضونَ مَجيئِنا

بِجَزعٍ اِذا نَظَّمتَ أَنتَ شذورَها

بِجَزعٍ اِذا نَظَّمتَ أَنتَ شذورَها

for they do not approve of our coming

For they would not accept our coming

with onyx when you yourself have strung their golden beads.

With pieces, if you were to compose its embers