لَم يَبْقَ رَسْمٌ للأدَبْ

لَم يَبْقَ رَسْمٌ للأدَبْ

أودَى ضَياعاً وَذَهَبْ

أودَى ضَياعاً وَذَهَبْ

No trace of literature remains.

No trace of literature remains

It went to ruin and vanished.

Lost and gone away

أوْفَدْتُه فَلَم يُفِدْ

أوْفَدْتُه فَلَم يُفِدْ

مِنْ فِضّةٍ ولا ذَهَبْ

مِنْ فِضّةٍ ولا ذَهَبْ

I sent it forth, but it yielded nothing

I dispatched it but it brought no gain

Of silver or gold.

Of silver or gold