أَرى الناسَ لا يَرقى إِلى المَجدِ مِنهُمُ

أَرى الناسَ لا يَرقى إِلى المَجدِ مِنهُمُ

سِوى ناقصٍ أَو ناقِضٍ في الأَضالِعِ

سِوى ناقصٍ أَو ناقِضٍ في الأَضالِعِ

I see that none among the people rises to glory

I see the people reaching no glory

Except a deficient man or a breaker within the ribs.

Except the incomplete or inconsistent in constitution.

فَمَن شَكَّ فيما قُلتُهُ فَقِياسُهُ

فَمَن شَكَّ فيما قُلتُهُ فَقِياسُهُ

عَلى مَعشَرٍ يَنفونَ شَكَّ المُنازِعِ

عَلى مَعشَرٍ يَنفونَ شَكَّ المُنازِعِ

So whoever doubts what I have said, let him compare it

So he who doubts what I have said, his logic

With a company who dispel the disputant's doubt:

Matches a group denying doubt's contention.

سُلَيمانَ وَالجاموسِ وَالصَدرِ وَاِبنِهِ

سُلَيمانَ وَالجاموسِ وَالصَدرِ وَاِبنِهِ

وَأَصهارِهِم وَالناصِحَينِ وَجامِعِ

وَأَصهارِهِم وَالناصِحَينِ وَجامِعِ

Sulayman, al-Jamus, al-Sadr, and his son,

Solomon, the ox, the minister, his son,

And their in-laws, the two Nasihs, and Jamiʿ.

His sons-in-law, advisers and whole nation.