أكُتابَ بُسْتٍ كَمْ تناحُرُكمْ على

أكُتابَ بُسْتٍ كَمْ تناحُرُكمْ على

وزارة بُسْتٍ وَهْيَ سُخْنَةُ عَيْنِ

وزارة بُسْتٍ وَهْيَ سُخْنَةُ عَيْنِ

O scribes of Bust, how fiercely you fight one another over

O writers, why do you squabble over

the vizierate of Bust, though it brings burning sorrow to the eye!

The ministry of mere dust, while it's still fresh?

فخُفُّ حُنَيْنٍ فوقَ ما تَطلبونَهُ

فخُفُّ حُنَيْنٍ فوقَ ما تَطلبونَهُ

فلِمْ بينَكمْ في ذاكَ حَربُ حُنَيْنِ

فلِمْ بينَكمْ في ذاكَ حَربُ حُنَيْنِ

For Hunayn's boot is better than what you seek;

Hush the yearning above what you seek,

so why is there a Battle of Hunayn among you over that?

Why between you is there war of yearning over that?