مِن أَدَبِ الكاتِبِ تَرجيعُ ما

مِن أَدَبِ الكاتِبِ تَرجيعُ ما

طالَعَ قَبلَ طَلَبِ الطالِبِ

طالَعَ قَبلَ طَلَبِ الطالِبِ

Part of a writer’s etiquette is to return what

From the writer's courtesy, return what

he has read before the requester asks.

The seeker saw before the seeker's plea

فاِمنُن بِهِ وَاِنهَج بِهِ غَيرَهُ

فاِمنُن بِهِ وَاِنهَج بِهِ غَيرَهُ

وَحاشا تَنسى أَدَبَ الكاتِبِ

وَحاشا تَنسى أَدَبَ الكاتِبِ

So bestow it as a favor, and guide another by it;

So favor him with it, and guide another by it

and far be it from you to forget The Writer’s Etiquette.

Far be it you forget the writer's courtesy