أَهلَ التَخَلُّقِ لَو يَدومُ تَخَلُّقُ

أَهلَ التَخَلُّقِ لَو يَدومُ تَخَلُّقُ

لَسَكَنتُ ظِلَّ جَناحَ مَن يَتَخَلَّقُ

لَسَكَنتُ ظِلَّ جَناحَ مَن يَتَخَلَّقُ

O you who affect good manners, if such manners would endure,

The noble who practice benevolence - if their benevolence were lasting -

I would dwell in the shade of the wing of one who affects them.

I would dwell in the shade of the wing of the benevolent one.

ما الناسُ في الإِمساكِ إِلّا واحِدٌ

ما الناسُ في الإِمساكِ إِلّا واحِدٌ

فَبِأَيِّهِم إِن حُصِّلوا أَتَعَلَّقُ

فَبِأَيِّهِم إِن حُصِّلوا أَتَعَلَّقُ

People are all alike in their miserliness;

People are all the same in withholding -

So to which of them, if they are examined, should I cling?

So with whom of them, if brought together, would I associate?

هَذا زَمانٌ قَد تَعَوَّدَ أَهلُهُ

هَذا زَمانٌ قَد تَعَوَّدَ أَهلُهُ

تيهَ المُلوكِ وَفِعلَ مَن يَتَصَدَّقُ

تيهَ المُلوكِ وَفِعلَ مَن يَتَصَدَّقُ

This is an age whose people have grown accustomed to

This is an era whose people are accustomed

The haughtiness of kings and the behavior of one who begs for alms.

To the wandering of kings and the deeds of the pretentious.