كفرا بعلمك يا ابن رُستُم كلِّه

كفرا بعلمك يا ابن رُستُم كلِّه

وَبِما حَفظت سِوى الكِتاب المُنزل

وَبِما حَفظت سِوى الكِتاب المُنزل

Away with all your learning, O son of Rustam,

I reject all your knowledge, O son of Rustum

and with what you have memorized, save the revealed Book.

And whatever you have memorized except the revealed Book

لَو كُنت يونس في دَوائر نَحوِهِ

لَو كُنت يونس في دَوائر نَحوِهِ

أَو كنت قطرب في الغَريب المشكل

أَو كنت قطرب في الغَريب المشكل

Even if you were Yunus in the spheres of his grammar,

Had you been Yunus in the cycles of its grammar

or were Qutrub in obscure, difficult vocabulary,

Or Katrab in the obscure and complex

وَحَويت فقه أَبي حَنيفة كُلَّه

وَحَويت فقه أَبي حَنيفة كُلَّه

ثَم اِنتَمَيت لِرُستُم لَم تَنبل

ثَم اِنتَمَيت لِرُستُم لَم تَنبل

and had mastered all the jurisprudence of Abu Hanifa,

And comprehended the jurisprudence of Abu Hanifa whole

and then traced your descent to Rustam, you would not be noble.

Yet affiliated with Rustum, you would not thrive