يَا كاتِباً أَحْيَا البَلا

يَا كاتِباً أَحْيَا البَلا

غَةَ مُنْشِئاً أَوْ مُنْشِدا

غَةَ مُنْشِئاً أَوْ مُنْشِدا

O writer who revived elo-

O writer who revived eloquence

quence, composing prose or reciting verse,

Whether composing or reciting verse

فلذاكَ لَمْ يُبعَثْ من ال

فلذاكَ لَمْ يُبعَثْ من ال

فضلاءِ بالمَحْنَى سُدَى

فضلاءِ بالمَحْنَى سُدَى

for that reason, he was not sent from among the

None of the eminent have suffered

learned at al-Mahna in vain.

Affliction and hardship in vain