أَبَني أُسامَةَ كَم تَدومُ مُوات

أَبَني أُسامَةَ كَم تَدومُ مُوات

اةُ الزَمانِ لَكُم وَكَم تُملي

اةُ الزَمانِ لَكُم وَكَم تُملي

O sons of Usama, how long will the favor endure

My sons Osama, how long will the death

that time shows you, and how long will it grant you respite?

Of time last for you, and how much does it dictate?

لا كانَ دَهرٌ عِشتُمُ زَمَناً

لا كانَ دَهرٌ عِشتُمُ زَمَناً

فيهِ وُلاةَ العَقدِ وَالحَلِّ

فيهِ وُلاةَ العَقدِ وَالحَلِّ

May that age never have existed, when you lived for a time

If only you lived in an era,

as masters within it of binding and loosing.

With rulers of integrity and reason.

لا تُنكِروا يَقظاتِ دَهرِكُمُ

لا تُنكِروا يَقظاتِ دَهرِكُمُ

كَم يَستَمِرُّ بَكُم على الجَهلِ

كَم يَستَمِرُّ بَكُم على الجَهلِ

Do not find your age's awakenings strange:

Do not deny the awakenings of your time,

how long can it persist in ignorance about you?

How long will ignorance persist in you?

سُدتُم بِلا حِلمٍ وَلا كَرَمٍ

سُدتُم بِلا حِلمٍ وَلا كَرَمٍ

فيكُم وَلا أَدَبٍ وَلا عَقلِ

فيكُم وَلا أَدَبٍ وَلا عَقلِ

You became masters, with neither forbearance nor generosity

You are without wisdom, generosity,

in you, nor refinement nor reason.

Manners or intellect.

وَفَضَلتُمُ أَهلَ الزَمانِ بِعُد

وَفَضَلتُمُ أَهلَ الزَمانِ بِعُد

واكُم وَلَستُم مِن ذَوي الفَضلِ

واكُم وَلَستُم مِن ذَوي الفَضلِ

And you surpassed the people of your age through

You have outdone the people of this era in

your aggression, though you are not men of merit.

Transgression, yet you are not of noble merit.

فَعَلِمتُ حينَ رَأَيتُ شَأنَكُمُ

فَعَلِمتُ حينَ رَأَيتُ شَأنَكُمُ

يَعلو بِلا حَسَبٍ وَلا أَصلِ

يَعلو بِلا حَسَبٍ وَلا أَصلِ

So I knew, when I saw your standing

When I saw your state,

rise without ancestral honor or pedigree,

Rising without pedigree or origin,

أَنَّ الزَمانَ يُعيدُ فِكرَتَهُ

أَنَّ الزَمانَ يُعيدُ فِكرَتَهُ

فيكُم فَيَسلُكُ مَنهَجَ العَدلِ

فيكُم فَيَسلُكُ مَنهَجَ العَدلِ

that time would reconsider its view

I knew time would repeat its cycle

of you, and follow the path of justice:

And take the path of justice.

فَيَخِرُّ عَن كَثَبٍ بِناؤُكُمُ

فَيَخِرُّ عَن كَثَبٍ بِناؤُكُمُ

وَكَذاكَ ما يُبنى عَلى الرَملِ

وَكَذاكَ ما يُبنى عَلى الرَملِ

then your edifice would soon come crashing down,

So your structure would collapse

and so it is with whatever is built upon sand.

As does all that's built on sand.