تَرى الطِّفل مِنهُم يَبتَغي المَجدَ شيمَةً

تَرى الطِّفل مِنهُم يَبتَغي المَجدَ شيمَةً

وَلَيسَ بِمُنسيهِ اِبتناء عَلى الهَرَم

وَلَيسَ بِمُنسيهِ اِبتناء عَلى الهَرَم

You see the child among them seek glory as an inborn trait.

The child among them seeks glory as a trait

And even in old age, he does not forget to build it.

Yet cares not to build upon the ruins

وَإِن هُو وَفَّى العُمرَ تِسعينَ حجَّة

وَإِن هُو وَفَّى العُمرَ تِسعينَ حجَّة

هَذي بِقرى الأَضيافِ وَالجارِ والذِّمَم

هَذي بِقرى الأَضيافِ وَالجارِ والذِّمَم

And even if he lives out a full ninety years,

And if he lives to ninety pilgrimages

He babbles about hospitality to guests, the neighbor, and pledged obligations.

This is the abode of hospitality, neighbors, and covenants