يا مثمراً قبل ينبُتْ

يا مثمراً قبل ينبُتْ

في قلبه الجهل يَنْكُتْ

في قلبه الجهل يَنْكُتْ

O you who bear fruit before sprouting,

O fruitful before sprouting

in whose heart ignorance leaves its marks.

Ignorance grows in his heart

دع ينطق الحق واسكُتْ

دع ينطق الحق واسكُتْ

لا تحسبنْ أن بالكت

لا تحسبنْ أن بالكت

Let truth speak, and be silent.

Let the truth speak and be silent

Do not suppose that through boo—

Do not think that with books

ب مثلنا ستصيرُ

ب مثلنا ستصيرُ

ما الإنس قلب وحيشٌ

ما الإنس قلب وحيشٌ

—ks you will become like us.

You will become like us

A human is not merely a savage heart,

Man is not just a heart and mind

بفكره مستجيشٌ

بفكره مستجيشٌ

له خيال مطيشٌ

له خيال مطيشٌ

mustering forces through his thought,

With turbulent thoughts

endowed with a bewildering imagination;

And a wandering imagination

وللدجاجة ريشٌ

وللدجاجة ريشٌ

لكنها لا تطير

لكنها لا تطير

a hen, too, has feathers,

The hen has feathers

but she does not fly.

But it cannot fly