أُخيَّ دعِ البطالة والْهُ عنها

أُخيَّ دعِ البطالة والْهُ عنها

وجانِبْها فعُقباها الشّقاءُ

وجانِبْها فعُقباها الشّقاءُ

My dear brother, abandon idleness and turn away from it.

O brother, leave idleness and turn away from it

And shun it, for its outcome is misery.

Its consequences are misery

جمالُ المرءِ في الدنيا صلاحٌ

جمالُ المرءِ في الدنيا صلاحٌ

وخيرُ بضاعةِ الحرِّ الحياءُ

وخيرُ بضاعةِ الحرِّ الحياءُ

A person's beauty in this world is righteousness,

A man's beauty in life is righteousness

And a freeborn man's finest merchandise is modesty.

And the best merchandise of the free man is modesty

عجبتُ لمن يميل الى المعاصي

عجبتُ لمن يميل الى المعاصي

وتعجِبُه الملاهي والغِناءُ

وتعجِبُه الملاهي والغِناءُ

I marvel at one who inclines toward sins,

I wonder at him who inclines towards sins

And is delighted by diversions and singing.

And is amused by frivolities and singing

وعقبى ذَينِ لو يدري شقاءٌ

وعقبى ذَينِ لو يدري شقاءٌ

يطولُ وبعده أيضاً عناءُ

يطولُ وبعده أيضاً عناءُ

The outcome of those two, if he but knew, is misery

The outcome of both, if he only knew, is misery

That lasts long, with further suffering after it.

Prolonged, and after it more hardship

تنبّهْ يا نؤومُ فلستَ تدري

تنبّهْ يا نؤومُ فلستَ تدري

عليك بما الذي سبقَ القضاءُ

عليك بما الذي سبقَ القضاءُ

Awake, you heavy sleeper, for you do not know

Wake up, o sleepy one, for you don't know

What fate has already decreed for you.

What has been ordained by fate beforehand

وكِلْ لله أمرَك إنه في

وكِلْ لله أمرَك إنه في

جميع الخلق يفعلُ ما يشاءُ

جميع الخلق يفعلُ ما يشاءُ

And entrust your affairs to God, for He, throughout

And entrust your matter to God, for He

All creation, does whatever He wills.

Does whatever He wills with all creatures

ولُذْ بالحافظ الحَبْرِ المُرجّى

ولُذْ بالحافظ الحَبْرِ المُرجّى

ففيه الفضلُ أجمع والوفاءُ

ففيه الفضلُ أجمع والوفاءُ

And seek refuge with al-Hafiz, the learned scholar in whom hope is placed,

And take refuge in the Protected Book

For in him lie all excellence and faithfulness.

For in it are all merit and loyalty

إمامٌ كل من في الأرض أرضٌ

إمامٌ كل من في الأرض أرضٌ

إذا اختُبِروا وهمّتُهُ سماءُ

إذا اختُبِروا وهمّتُهُ سماءُ

An imam—all who dwell on earth are earth

A leader whom everyone on earth is beneath

When tested, while his aspiration is the sky.

When tested, and his ambition is the sky

عليه من المفاخر والمعالي

عليه من المفاخر والمعالي

لسواءٌ حبذا ذاك اللواءُ

لسواءٌ حبذا ذاك اللواءُ

Above him, of glories and lofty honors,

He has such glories and excellences

A banner [reading uncertain]—how splendid that banner!

That to that banner is equally lofty

أدام له البقا والعزّ ربّي

أدام له البقا والعزّ ربّي

متى ما أعقبَ الصُبْحَ المساءُ

متى ما أعقبَ الصُبْحَ المساءُ

May my Lord prolong his life and honor,

May my Lord prolong his existence and honour

For as long as evening follows morning.

Whenever the dawn turns into evening