بَنو الصالِحينَ الصالِحونَ وَمِن يَكُن

بَنو الصالِحينَ الصالِحونَ وَمِن يَكُن

لِآباءِ سَوءٍ يَلقَهُم حَيثُ سَيَّرا

لِآباءِ سَوءٍ يَلقَهُم حَيثُ سَيَّرا

The sons of the righteous are righteous, and whoever is

The righteous are born of the righteous, but he who is born of evil parents will meet them wherever they lead.

born to wicked fathers will find them wherever he goes.

The lute is made of a certain tree; the sticks of the lute refused to be anything else.

فَما العودُ إِلّا نابِتٌ في أَرَومَةٍ

فَما العودُ إِلّا نابِتٌ في أَرَومَةٍ

أَبى شَجَرُ العَيدانِ أَن يَتَغَيَّرا

أَبى شَجَرُ العَيدانِ أَن يَتَغَيَّرا

For a shoot grows only from a rootstock;

The trees that bear the shoots refuse to change.