أفديI would ransom بنفسيwith my own life المكتبيّthe schoolmaster الّذيwho
أفدي بنفسي المكتبيّ الّذي
لمdid not أكتسبI acquire آدابهhis learning منfrom أبيmy father
لم أكتسب آدابه من أبي
I would ransom with my own life the schoolmaster whose
I sacrifice myself for the school
learning I did not acquire from my father.
Whose etiquette I did not learn from my father
وليسand it is not بدعاًsomething unprecedented فالورىfor humankind لمnot تكنbe
وليس بدعاً فالورى لم تكن
آدابهاits learning إلّاexcept منfrom المكتبthe school
آدابها إلّا من المكتب
Nor is this strange, for humankind's
It is no wonder, for civilization
learning came only from the school.
Has gained its manners only from school