داوِ بِالرِفقِ جِراحاتِ الخَرَق

داوِ بِالرِفقِ جِراحاتِ الخَرَق

وَابلِ قَبلَ الحَمدِ وَالذَمِّ وَذُق

وَابلِ قَبلَ الحَمدِ وَالذَمِّ وَذُق

Heal with gentleness the wounds of rashness.

Heal with gentleness the wounds of rupture,

And test before praising or blaming, and taste.

And meet blame and praise with gratitude and acceptance.

وَسِعَ الناسَ بِخُلقٍ حَسَنٍ

وَسِعَ الناسَ بِخُلقٍ حَسَنٍ

لَم يَضِق شَيءٌ عَلى حُسنِ الخُلُق

لَم يَضِق شَيءٌ عَلى حُسنِ الخُلُق

And embrace people with a gracious disposition.

Make people comfortable with good manners,

Nothing is too difficult for good character.

Nothing is too tight for one with good manners.

كُلُّ مَن لَم تَتَّسِع أَخلاقُهُ

كُلُّ مَن لَم تَتَّسِع أَخلاقُهُ

بَعُدَ الإِحسانُ مِنهُ وَسَحُق

بَعُدَ الإِحسانُ مِنهُ وَسَحُق

Whoever’s character is not accommodating—

Whoever's manners do not expand,

Kindness is distant from him, far removed.

Kindness has departed from him and dissolved.

كَم تَرانا يَأَخي نَبقى عَلى

كَم تَرانا يَأَخي نَبقى عَلى

جَوَلانِ المَوتِ في هَذا الأُفُق

جَوَلانِ المَوتِ في هَذا الأُفُق

How long, my brother, do you think we shall remain amid

How long, my brother, will we remain

Death’s roaming across this horizon?

Wandering in the lands of death in this horizon?

نَحنُ أَرسالٌ إِلى دارِ البَلى

نَحنُ أَرسالٌ إِلى دارِ البَلى

نَتَوالى عُنُقاً بَعدَ عُنُق

نَتَوالى عُنُقاً بَعدَ عُنُق

We are successive bands bound for the abode of decay;

We are messengers to the abode of annihilation,

We follow one another, band after band.

Neck after neck we go.