حَيِّ في المنهَلِ الزُّلالِ ارتشَافَه

حَيِّ في المنهَلِ الزُّلالِ ارتشَافَه

وأدِرها من عَذبِه كَسُلافَه

وأدِرها من عَذبِه كَسُلافَه

Hail his sipping at the limpid, sweet-watered spring;

Hail his sipping from the limpid spring,

and pass the cup round from its sweetness, like choicest wine.

and pass it round from its sweet waters like choice wine.

قد سعَى بالهُدَى وطافَ برُشدٍ

قد سعَى بالهُدَى وطافَ برُشدٍ

شكَر اللهُ سعيَهُ وطوَافَه

شكَر اللهُ سعيَهُ وطوَافَه

He has journeyed by guidance and made his circuit with sound judgment;

He has striven with guidance and journeyed with sound judgment;

may God reward his journeying and his circling—

may God reward his striving and his journeys.

لا الأُلَى طوَّفُوا الأقاليمَ حتَّى

لا الأُلَى طوَّفُوا الأقاليمَ حتَّى

سقَطُوا كالقَذَى بعَينِ الصَّحَافَه

سقَطُوا كالقَذَى بعَينِ الصَّحَافَه

not those who roamed the regions until

Not those who roamed the regions until

they fell like grit into the eye of the press.

they fell like grit into the eye of the press.

دنَّسُوها ودنَّسُوا معَها الشَّع

دنَّسُوها ودنَّسُوا معَها الشَّع

رَ ورامُوا مِن اليراعِ احتِرَافَه

رَ ورامُوا مِن اليراعِ احتِرَافَه

They defiled—and with it defiled—poe—

They defiled it, and with it defiled poe-

—try, and sought to make a trade of the reed pen.

try, and sought to make a trade of the reed pen.

فأَحلُّوهُمُ مواطئَ نعلِ الن

فأَحلُّوهُمُ مواطئَ نعلِ الن

نَقدِ ثمَّ اسحَقُوا سُمومَ الثقَافَه

نَقدِ ثمَّ اسحَقُوا سُمومَ الثقَافَه

So consign them beneath the sandal of criti—

So place them beneath the sandal of criti-

—cism; then crush the poisons of culture.

cism; then crush the poisons of culture.