أُتركوهُ يَهذي فإنَّ كلامَهُ

أُتركوهُ يَهذي فإنَّ كلامَهُ

يَقظةً لا يُفيدُ كيف مَنامه

يَقظةً لا يُفيدُ كيف مَنامه

Leave him to rave, for his speech

Leave him be, for his awake-talk

is useless when he is awake—what, then, of his dreams?

Brings no benefit, how then his dream?

كذَّبوهُ وآمِنوا بِكتِابِ ال

كذَّبوهُ وآمِنوا بِكتِابِ ال

لَهِ إن رُمتُم سبيلَ السلامَه

لَهِ إن رُمتُم سبيلَ السلامَه

Call him a liar, and believe in the Book of

Deny him and believe in the Book of God

God, if you seek the path to safety.

If you desire the path of peace for him

سَفِّهوهُ فليسَ يعلمُ إلا ال

سَفِّهوهُ فليسَ يعلمُ إلا ال

لَهُ يوماً تقومُ فيه القِيامَه

لَهُ يوماً تقومُ فيه القِيامَه

Call him a fool, for no one knows, save

Deem him foolish, for he knows nothing but

God, the day on which the Resurrection will come.

The dreams that come to him each night

عجباً فالنَّبِيُّ قال لِجبري

عجباً فالنَّبِيُّ قال لِجبري

لَ أنا ما عَلِمتُ إلا العَلامَه

لَ أنا ما عَلِمتُ إلا العَلامَه

How strange! For the Prophet said to Gabriel,

Strange that the Prophet said to Gabriel

“I know only the sign.”

I know nothing except what is revealed to me

والنّؤومُ المُوَقِّتُ اليومَ يدعُو

والنّؤومُ المُوَقِّتُ اليومَ يدعُو

نا لِتَعيين وقتِها بالمَنامَه

نا لِتَعيين وقتِها بالمَنامَه

And today the timekeeper, that great sleeper, calls

Yet this dreamer claims to know the time

us to determine its time through a dream.

Appointed by his dreams for Judgment Day

لَيتَهُ ما أفاق من نَومِهِ إذ

لَيتَهُ ما أفاق من نَومِهِ إذ

أقعدَ الشَّعبَ فِتنةً واَقامَه

أقعدَ الشَّعبَ فِتنةً واَقامَه

If only he had not awakened from his sleep, for

If only he'd not woken from his sleep and

he made the people sit down and rise up in turmoil.

Set the people astray, establishing his dream

عاثَ في الغابِ أيها الملكُ الصِّن

عاثَ في الغابِ أيها الملكُ الصِّن

ديدُ قِردٌ وأنتَ فيه أُسامَه

ديدُ قِردٌ وأنتَ فيه أُسامَه

Havoc has been wrought in the forest, O valiant king,

O mighty King, a baboon in the jungle

by a monkey, while you are a lion there.

Runs amok while you slumber unaware

فَتقدَّم له فأنتَ ملاذُ ال

فَتقدَّم له فأنتَ ملاذُ ال

عِلمِ والدِّينِ كَسِّرَنَّ عِظامَه

عِلمِ والدِّينِ كَسِّرَنَّ عِظامَه

So advance against him, for you are the refuge of

Go to him, for you are the fortress of

knowledge and religion; shatter his bones!

Knowledge and faith, break his bones apart

أيُّ وجهٍ يراهُ منكَ رسولُ اللهِ

أيُّ وجهٍ يراهُ منكَ رسولُ اللهِ

في النومِ يا مثالًَ الذَّمامَه

في النومِ يا مثالًَ الذَّمامَه

What face of yours does God's Messenger see

What face of the Prophet appears to you

in sleep, O embodiment of ugliness?

In dreams, O finest example of the vulture?

حاشا لِلَّهِ أن يكونَ رسولُ اللهِ

حاشا لِلَّهِ أن يكونَ رسولُ اللهِ

أوصاكَ أن تَقُصَّ كَلامَه

أوصاكَ أن تَقُصَّ كَلامَه

God forbid that God's Messenger

God forbid the Prophet instructed you

should have instructed you to recount his words.

To shorten his words as you have done

بَلَّغَ العِترَةُ المُطَهَّرَةُ القُر

بَلَّغَ العِترَةُ المُطَهَّرَةُ القُر

آنَ عنه وبيَّنوا أحكامَه

آنَ عنه وبيَّنوا أحكامَه

The purified family conveyed the Qur'an

The purified Family conveyed the Quran

from him and explained its rulings.

Explaining its rules on his behalf

لم يَمُت قبلَ أن يُتمِّمَ معنى الدينِ

لم يَمُت قبلَ أن يُتمِّمَ معنى الدينِ

أو يَبتَنِي صُروحَ الفَخامَه

أو يَبتَنِي صُروحَ الفَخامَه

He did not die before completing the meaning of religion

Before he passed, completing the religion

or building the edifices of grandeur.

Or building castles of glory for himself

فنَمِ اليومَ كَى تَرى غَيرَ ما قُلتَ

فنَمِ اليومَ كَى تَرى غَيرَ ما قُلتَ

وإلاَّ فقد عَدِمتَ الكَرامَه

وإلاَّ فقد عَدِمتَ الكَرامَه

So sleep today, that you may see something other than what you said;

Sleep now, and see not as you have claimed

otherwise, you have lost your dignity.

Lest you be stripped of any honor