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The world has changed their habits

قد بدل العالم عاداتهم

1. The world has changed their habits
Rather, it was a destiny from above them that changed

١. قَد بَدَّلَ العالَمُ عاداتِهِم
بَل قَدَرٌ مِن فَوقِهِم بَدَّلا

2. They expected justice from their era
Yet the era does not know how to be just

٢. تَوَقَّعوا مِن دَهرِهِم عَدلَهُ
وَالدَهرُ لا يُحسِنُ أَن يَعدِلا

3. Does the complainant feel safe from the angry master
Or the audacious pigeon from the hawk

٣. هَل يَأمَنُ الضائِنُ سيدَ الغَضا
أَوِ الحَمامُ المُغتَدي أَجدَلا

4. I fear the debauched being lost
And do not feel assured about the lost being found

٤. أَخافُ كَونَ الرَندِ ضالاً وَلا
آمَنُ كَونَ الضالَةِ المَندَلا

5. Evil amongst us is dominant, desiring
To reach the lost sheep

٥. وَالشَرُّ فينا غالِبٌ طالِبٌ
يُلحِقُ بِالدَوِيَّةِ المَجدَلا

6. In every era there lurks injustice
And misfortune in birth, while fortune does not

٦. في كُلِّ دَهرٍ جَنَفٌ كامِنٌ
وَالنَحسُ في المَولِدِ وَالسَعدُ لا

7. O mine of lions, you have become
Only producing dust and rags

٧. يا مَعدِنَ العَسجَدِ أَصبَحتَ ما
تُخرِجُ إِلّا التُربَ وَالجَندَلا

8. Arrogance is a fatal disease that kills its people
Preventing the veils from being drawn

٨. وَالعُجبُ داءٌ قاتِلٌ أَهلَهُ
يُمانِعُ الأَستارَ أَن تُسدَلا

9. A criticism of the foolish whom the one who rode the donkey praises

٩. عَيرٌ عَلى سَفواءَ يُزهى مَنِ ال
قائِمُ لَمّا رَكِبَ الدُلدُلا