قلْ للذي يَبتْغي جاهي ومَنزِلتي

قلْ للذي يَبتْغي جاهي ومَنزِلتي

راجعْ يقينَك واستكشفْ غيابتَهْ

راجعْ يقينَك واستكشفْ غيابتَهْ

Tell the one who seeks my prestige and station:

Say to him who seeks my glory and my high place,

Reconsider your certainty and probe its hidden depths.

Return your certainty and probe its absence,

فلي قوافٍ سلبْنَ النّحلَ ريقتَه

فلي قوافٍ سلبْنَ النّحلَ ريقتَه

والماءَ رقّته والسحرَ رُقْيتَهُ

والماءَ رقّته والسحرَ رُقْيتَهُ

For I have rhymes that robbed the bees of their honey,

For I have rhymes that robbed the bees of their nectar,

And water of its delicacy, and magic of its incantation.

And water of its softness, and magic of its charm.