جود الأَوائل أَغرى في مَديحكم

جود الأَوائل أَغرى في مَديحكم

أَمثالنا زمراً بِالحال ما شَعَروا

أَمثالنا زمراً بِالحال ما شَعَروا

The generosity of your predecessors lured into praising you

The excellence of the ancients enticed us to praise you

Groups of people like us, unaware of the circumstances.

Our peers, a group, were unaware of the situation

نِلتُم مَراتبهم لا نَلتم رُشداً

نِلتُم مَراتبهم لا نَلتم رُشداً

بِلا نَدى وَذَكَرتُم مِثلَما ذَكَروا

بِلا نَدى وَذَكَرتُم مِثلَما ذَكَروا

You attained their ranks—may you attain no right guidance—

You assumed their ranks, but did not gain their wisdom

Without generosity, and were spoken of just as they were.

Without dew and you mentioned just as they mentioned