بِكُتبِ الأَنامِ كِتابٌ وَرَد

بِكُتبِ الأَنامِ كِتابٌ وَرَد

فَدَت يَدَ كاتِبِهِ كُلُّ يَد

فَدَت يَدَ كاتِبِهِ كُلُّ يَد

A letter has arrived, worth all mankind’s writings.

A book has come to us, all people,

Among the writings of mankind, a letter has come forth,

May every hand ransom the hand of its writer.

through the hand of its author, may all hands be sacrificed for it.

May every hand be ransom for its writer's hand.

يُعَبِّرُ عَمّا لَهُ عِندَنا

يُعَبِّرُ عَمّا لَهُ عِندَنا

وَيَذكُرُ مِن شَوقِهِ ما نَجِد

وَيَذكُرُ مِن شَوقِهِ ما نَجِد

It expresses the affection we bear him,

It expresses what we have,

It gives expression to the bond he holds with us,

And speaks of his longing, which we too feel.

and recalls the longing we find.

And recounts a longing that mirrors exactly what we find.

فَأَخرَقَ رائِيَهُ ما رَأى

فَأَخرَقَ رائِيَهُ ما رَأى

وَأَبرَقَ ناقِدَهُ ما اِنتَقَد

وَأَبرَقَ ناقِدَهُ ما اِنتَقَد

So what he saw bewildered its beholder,

It tore apart the views of who saw it,

The sight of it has dazzled the eyes of the beholder,

And what he examined dazzled its critic.

and dazzled whoever critiqued it.

And its brilliance has struck the critic dumb with awe.

إِذا سَمِعَ الناسُ أَلفاظَهُ

إِذا سَمِعَ الناسُ أَلفاظَهُ

خَلَقنَ لَهُ في القُلوبِ الحَسَد

خَلَقنَ لَهُ في القُلوبِ الحَسَد

When people hear its words,

When people heard its words,

For when the people hear the phrasing of his words,

They create envy of him in their hearts.

they created envy for it in hearts.

Those lines provoke deep envy within every heart.

فَقُلتُ وَقَد فَرَسَ الناطِقينَ

فَقُلتُ وَقَد فَرَسَ الناطِقينَ

كَذا يَفعَلُ الأَسَدُ اِبنُ الأَسَد

كَذا يَفعَلُ الأَسَدُ اِبنُ الأَسَد

So I said, after he had slain the speakers:

So I said, as the eloquent examined it:

So I declared, as he ravaged the ranks of the eloquent:

Thus acts the lion, son of the lion.

Thus does the lion, son of a lion, act.

"This is the deed of the Lion, true son of the Lion."