بأبي وأُمّي مَنْ شمائلُهُ

بأبي وأُمّي مَنْ شمائلُهُ

رِيحُ الشّمالِ تَنَفَّسَتْ سَحَرا

رِيحُ الشّمالِ تَنَفَّسَتْ سَحَرا

May my father and mother be ransom for him whose qualities

By my father and mother, he whose attributes

are the north wind breathing at dawn.

The breeze of the north breathed at dawn,

وإذا امتطى قَلَماً أنامِلُهُ

وإذا امتطى قَلَماً أنامِلُهُ

سحرَ العُقولَ بهِ وما سَحَرا

سحرَ العُقولَ بهِ وما سَحَرا

And when his fingers mount a pen,

And when he mounted a pen, his fingers

he enchants minds with it, yet practices no magic.

Bewitched minds with it, and it was no sorcery.