خَيرونُ مِمَّن لَم يَقُم

خَيرونُ مِمَّن لَم يَقُم

قَطُّ بِوَعدٍ فَوَفا

قَطُّ بِوَعدٍ فَوَفا

Khayrūn is among those who have never

Better than those who never stood

stood by a promise and fulfilled it.

To keep a promise, and were true,

مُكَدَّرٌ لَيسَت لَهُ

مُكَدَّرٌ لَيسَت لَهُ

سَجِيَّةٌ فيها صَفا

سَجِيَّةٌ فيها صَفا

He is murky; he has no

Are turbid souls where virtues brood,

trait with any purity in it.

Though turbid still their virtues too.

فَاِرقُص لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ

فَاِرقُص لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ

مَن أَدبَرَ الناسَ قَفا

مَن أَدبَرَ الناسَ قَفا

So dance for him, for he is

Yet make excuse for him; for he

one who turns his back on people, his nape toward them.

Is last of all mankind in worth.