حضاننا السحق فلا

حضاننا السحق فلا

تسحق دواءٌ بيدِ

تسحق دواءٌ بيدِ

Our incubation is grinding, so do not

Our cradle crushed so no

grind a medicine by hand.

medicine can heal with a hand

وهو الذي قد جاءنا

وهو الذي قد جاءنا

من صبغنا بالولدِ

من صبغنا بالولدِ

And it is what has come to us

And it is He who has come to us

from our dyeing with the offspring.

Who dyed us with the boy

لا يجلب الصبغ الذي

لا يجلب الصبغ الذي

تريده من بعدِ

تريده من بعدِ

It does not bring the dye that

It does not bring the dye that

you desire afterward.

you want after that

إن الذي يصبغ لا

إن الذي يصبغ لا

يزيد وزن الجسدِ

يزيد وزن الجسدِ

Indeed, that which dyes does not

Indeed, the one who dyes does not

increase the body's weight.

increase the weight of the body

لذاك قد حدّوه في

لذاك قد حدّوه في

علومنا بالعددِ

علومنا بالعددِ

For that reason, they have defined it in

Therefore they limited it in

our sciences by number.

our sciences by number

وقال قوم جهلوا ال

وقال قوم جهلوا ال

حكمة ذا قول ردي

حكمة ذا قول ردي

And people said, ignorant of the

And a people ignorant of

wisdom, 'This is an unsound saying,'

wisdom said an evil word

حكماً بلا علم مقا

حكماً بلا علم مقا

لَ جاهل ذي فندِ

لَ جاهل ذي فندِ

judging without knowledge—the utterance

Judging without knowledge the saying

of an ignorant man full of folly.

of an ignorant licentious one

ما خالفوا حكمتنا

ما خالفوا حكمتنا

لو وفقوا للرشدِ

لو وفقوا للرشدِ

They would not have opposed our wisdom

They did not oppose our wisdom

had they been guided to sound judgment.

If they had succeeded in righteousness