عَدّ عنك المَنازلا

عَدّ عنك المَنازلا

والطلولَ المواثلا

والطلولَ المواثلا

Set aside the dwellings,

Turn away from the abodes,

and the ruins still standing.

And the towering landmarks,

إن للشعر في سُلَي

إن للشعر في سُلَي

مانَ عنهُنَّ شاغلا

مانَ عنهُنَّ شاغلا

For poetry has in Sulayman

Verily poetry has in Sulaiy,

a distraction from them:

What distracts it from them,

مَلِكٌ لا يرى اللُّهى

مَلِكٌ لا يرى اللُّهى

تستحقُّ الوسائلا

تستحقُّ الوسائلا

a king who does not think gifts

A king who sees not happiness,

require intercession.

Deserves not the means,

حسبُ راجيهِ عندَهُ

حسبُ راجيهِ عندَهُ

أنه جاء سائلا

أنه جاء سائلا

Enough for one who hopes in him, in his eyes,

It is enough for its seeker with it,

is that he came asking.

That he came seeking,

لا يرى المنَّ قائلاً

لا يرى المنَّ قائلاً

ويرى المنَّ فاعلا

ويرى المنَّ فاعلا

He sees generosity not in words,

It sees not the giver saying,

but in deeds.

And sees the giver doing,

سيبهُ عُقرُ مالهِ

سيبهُ عُقرُ مالهِ

وهْو يُدْعَى فواضلا

وهْو يُدْعَى فواضلا

His bounty is the core of his wealth,

Leave it, loss of his wealth,

though it is called surplus gifts.

And it is called excelling,

ويراهُ فرائضاً

ويراهُ فرائضاً

ويُسَمَّى نوافلا

ويُسَمَّى نوافلا

He regards it as obligatory duties,

And sees it obligations,

though it is called voluntary gifts.

And names it voluntary,

فتيمَّمْهُ واثقاً

فتيمَّمْهُ واثقاً

لا تيمَّمهُ آملا

لا تيمَّمهُ آملا

So seek him with confidence,

So aim for it with certainty,

not merely with hope.

Aim not for it hopefully,

وإذا كادت الأعا

وإذا كادت الأعا

لي تُلاقي الأسافلا

لي تُلاقي الأسافلا

And when the heights nearly

And when the pillars,

met the depths,

Almost meet the lowlands,

وَطِئَ الأرضَ وطأةً

وَطِئَ الأرضَ وطأةً

فأقرَّ الزلازلا

فأقرَّ الزلازلا

he stamped once upon the earth,

And stomp the earth heavily,

and so stilled the earthquakes.

Shaking the tremors,