يا أَيُّها المَلأ اِفتوني بعلمكمُ

يا أَيُّها المَلأ اِفتوني بعلمكمُ

في اسم بِهِ لؤلؤ الأَجياد يَنتظمُ

في اسم بِهِ لؤلؤ الأَجياد يَنتظمُ

O assembly, answer me with your knowledge

O wise ones, advise me with your knowledge

About a name by which the pearls adorning necks are strung.

Of a name by which the pearls of the noble are strung

يصاغ مِن فضةٍ بَيضَا وَمِن ذَهَبٍ

يصاغ مِن فضةٍ بَيضَا وَمِن ذَهَبٍ

وَمِن حَديدٍ بِهِ المَفصول يَلتَحم

وَمِن حَديدٍ بِهِ المَفصول يَلتَحم

It is fashioned from white silver and from gold,

Wrought of silver so white and of gold that glows warm

And from iron, by which what is separated is joined,

And of iron that binds and makes conflicts succumb

وَمِن نحاسٍ بَديع الشَكل يَألفه

وَمِن نحاسٍ بَديع الشَكل يَألفه

للانتفاع بِهِ الأَعراب وَالعَجَم

للانتفاع بِهِ الأَعراب وَالعَجَم

And from copper, wondrous in form; it is familiar

And of copper so finely wrought for all to enjoy

To Bedouin Arabs and non-Arabs, who make use of it.

Be they Arab or foreigner, peasant or lord