يا من إِذا اجتمعَ الكُتَّابُ كان لهُ

يا من إِذا اجتمعَ الكُتَّابُ كان لهُ

فضلُ الإمارةِ مقتاداً كتيبتَها

فضلُ الإمارةِ مقتاداً كتيبتَها

O you who, when the scribes assemble, have

O you when the writers gather, for him is

the distinction of command, leading its battalion:

The excellence of leadership, guiding his battalion

شكَتْ إليك دواتِي شيبَ لِمَّتِهَا

شكَتْ إليك دواتِي شيبَ لِمَّتِهَا

وأنتَ أخلقُ مَنْ طَرَّى شبيبتَها

وأنتَ أخلقُ مَنْ طَرَّى شبيبتَها

my inkwell has complained to you of the gray in its locks,

My pens have complained to you of the graying of their youth

and you are the worthiest to renew its youth.

And you are the most virtuous of those who enjoyed their prime