قالوا جَرى قَلَمي في غَيرِ مَدحِكُمُ

قالوا جَرى قَلَمي في غَيرِ مَدحِكُمُ

لا وَالَّذي عَلَّمَ الإِنسانَ بِالقَلَمِ

لا وَالَّذي عَلَّمَ الإِنسانَ بِالقَلَمِ

They said my pen had written on matters other than your praise.

They said my pen flowed in praise of others,

No, by Him who taught humankind by the pen!

No! By Him who taught man with the pen,

وَما خَلَوتُ بِذِكراكُم وَكانَ مَعي

وَما خَلَوتُ بِذِكراكُم وَكانَ مَعي

ثانٍ يُثَلِّثُ ذِكراكُم سِوى الكَرَمِ

ثانٍ يُثَلِّثُ ذِكراكُم سِوى الكَرَمِ

Nor, alone with your memory, have I had beside me

And I was never alone with your mention, there was

A second to make three with your memory, save generosity.

Another who made your mention a third, except generosity,

فَاِستَعمِلوا مِنهُ ما قَد كانَ حاضِرَهُ

فَاِستَعمِلوا مِنهُ ما قَد كانَ حاضِرَهُ

فَالجودُ لَيسَ عَلى عِرضٍ بِمُتَّهَمِ

فَالجودُ لَيسَ عَلى عِرضٍ بِمُتَّهَمِ

So use whatever of it was already at hand;

So employ that part of it which was ready,

For generosity is not suspect where honor is concerned.

For generosity is not with suspicion blamed,

لا يَقطَعَن مُفسِدٌ في المَجدِ عُلقَةَ ما

لا يَقطَعَن مُفسِدٌ في المَجدِ عُلقَةَ ما

بَينَ الأَيادي وَبَينَ الجودِ مِن رَحِمِ

بَينَ الأَيادي وَبَينَ الجودِ مِن رَحِمِ

Let no corrupter of glory ever sever the bond

Let no corrupter cut off in glory the ties

Of kinship between benefactions and generosity.

Between the hands and generosity of a womb,

هَبوا خَواطِرَنا في جاهِلِيَّتِها

هَبوا خَواطِرَنا في جاهِلِيَّتِها

فَلَم تَضِع حُرُماتُ الأَشهُرِالحُرُمِ

فَلَم تَضِع حُرُماتُ الأَشهُرِالحُرُمِ

Suppose our thoughts are in their age of ignorance;

They let go our thoughts in their ignorance,

For the sanctity of the sacred months was not lost.

So the sanctities of the sacred months did not place

كُلُّ الزَمانِ عَلَيها أَشهُرٌ حُرُمٌ

كُلُّ الزَمانِ عَلَيها أَشهُرٌ حُرُمٌ

بِكُم فَكُنَّ بِهَذا المُلكِ في حَرَمِ

بِكُم فَكُنَّ بِهَذا المُلكِ في حَرَمِ

All time is sacred months for them,

All time to them is sacred months,

Through you; thus, in this kingdom, they were in sanctuary.

With you, so be in this kingdom inviolate.