جَهِلتَ فَعادَيتَ العُلومَ وَأَهلَها

جَهِلتَ فَعادَيتَ العُلومَ وَأَهلَها

كَذاكَ يُعادي العِلمَ مَن هُوَ جاهِلُه

كَذاكَ يُعادي العِلمَ مَن هُوَ جاهِلُه

You were ignorant, so you became hostile to the sciences and their scholars.

You opposed knowledge and its people out of ignorance

Thus, whoever is ignorant of knowledge is hostile to it.

So does the ignorant oppose knowledge

وَمَن كانَ يَهوى أَن يُرى مُتَصَدِّراً

وَمَن كانَ يَهوى أَن يُرى مُتَصَدِّراً

وَيَكرَهُ لا أَدري أَصيبَت مَقاتِلُه

وَيَكرَهُ لا أَدري أَصيبَت مَقاتِلُه

And whoever longs to be seen at the forefront,

Whoever desires to be seen as a leader

And hates saying 'I do not know'—his vitals have been struck.

Yet dislikes - I know not - will his warrior be stricken