قل للأمير الذي فَخرُ الزمان بهِ

قل للأمير الذي فَخرُ الزمان بهِ

ما الدَّهرُ لولاك إلا مَنطقٌ خَطلُ

ما الدَّهرُ لولاك إلا مَنطقٌ خَطلُ

Say to the prince in whom the age takes pride:

Say to the prince in whom the age takes pride:

Without you, Time is nothing but foolish speech.

Were it not for you, time would be nothing but senseless speech.

كفتكَ آثارُ كَفَّيكَ التي ابتدعت

كفتكَ آثارُ كَفَّيكَ التي ابتدعت

في المجد شاده آباؤك الأُولُ

في المجد شاده آباؤك الأُولُ

The works of your own hands suffice you—works that created anew,

The deeds you newly wrought with your two hands suffice you

in the realm of glory, what your earliest forefathers had raised.

in the glory your forefathers of old built.

ما زال في الناس اشباهٌ وأمثلةٌ

ما زال في الناس اشباهٌ وأمثلةٌ

حتى ظهرتَ فغاب الشكلُ والمثلُ

حتى ظهرتَ فغاب الشكلُ والمثلُ

Among mankind there were always peers and equals,

There had always been peers and equals among people,

until you appeared—then peer and equal vanished.

until you appeared, and peer and equal vanished.