مِن كُلِّ معنىً يكادُ المَيْتُ يفهَمُهُ

مِن كُلِّ معنىً يكادُ المَيْتُ يفهَمُهُ

حُسْناً ويعبدُهُ القرطاسُ والقَلَمُ

حُسْناً ويعبدُهُ القرطاسُ والقَلَمُ

Of every meaning that even the dead can almost understand,

From every meaning nearly dead can grasp

for its beauty, and that paper and pen worship.

Beauty it worships, paper, pen in clasp