لا تبخَلن وأعطِ كلاَّ حقَّه

لا تبخَلن وأعطِ كلاَّ حقَّه

وتواضعنَّ وجالِسِ المُسْكِينَا

وتواضعنَّ وجالِسِ المُسْكِينَا

Do not be miserly, and give everyone their due.

Do not be stingy, give each their due rights

And be humble, and sit with the poor man.

Be humble, sit with the poor

إياكَ والسرَّ الذي أوزعتَه

إياكَ والسرَّ الذي أوزعتَه

لوْ ناقشوك بدونه مَدْفُونَا

لوْ ناقشوك بدونه مَدْفُونَا

Beware of revealing the secret imparted to you,

Beware of the secret you have confided

Even if they question you, answer without disclosing it, keeping it buried.

If discussed without it, you would be buried

فإذا أردتَ دوامَ شىء هكذا

فإذا أردتَ دوامَ شىء هكذا

وإذا أردتم ضدّه فاعصُونَا

وإذا أردتم ضدّه فاعصُونَا

So if you wish something to endure, act in this way;

If you want something to last forever

And if you wish its opposite, then disobey us.

And if you want the opposite, disobey us

لا يستوى حلٌّ وعقدٌ بينكم

لا يستوى حلٌّ وعقدٌ بينكم

هذا يحلُّ وذاك يعقدُ حينَا

هذا يحلُّ وذاك يعقدُ حينَا

Untying and tying are not alike among you:

Right and wrong are not equal amongst you

This one unties, and that one ties for a time.

This one makes lawful, that one forbids at times

إن الخلاف مشتتٌ ومفرقٌ

إن الخلاف مشتتٌ ومفرقٌ

ما بين آباء لهم وبنينَا

ما بين آباء لهم وبنينَا

Indeed, discord scatters and divides

Disagreement divides and separates

Fathers and sons among them.

Between fathers who have sons

طوبى لهم خلصوا وداداً بينهم

طوبى لهم خلصوا وداداً بينهم

وجلبنَ رحمةَ ربهم يَرْجُونَا

وجلبنَ رحمةَ ربهم يَرْجُونَا

Blessed are they, sincere in their affection for one another,

Blessed are they who have reconciled in friendship

And they have drawn their Lord's mercy, for which they hope.

And hope for the mercy of their Lord

وأولئك القومُ الذينَ جزاؤهم

وأولئك القومُ الذينَ جزاؤهم

جناتُ عدن خالدين يقينَا

جناتُ عدن خالدين يقينَا

And those are the people whose reward is

Those people whose reward

Gardens of Eden, where they shall surely dwell forever.

Are the Gardens of Eden, abiding eternally

إنا لنرجو فَوْزَنا بدعائهم

إنا لنرجو فَوْزَنا بدعائهم

فالله يرحُمنا بِهم ويقينَا

فالله يرحُمنا بِهم ويقينَا

Indeed, we surely hope for our salvation through their prayers;

We hope for success through their prayer

For God has mercy on us through them and protects us.

May God have mercy on us through them