1. Slow down, O cloud, do not be so generous
Watering the deserts out of ignorance, you have erred
١. رُوَيدَكِ يا سَحابَةُ لا تَجودي
عَلى السَبخاتِ مِن جَهلٍ هَمَيتِ
2. Seeking religion in the wilderness
Indeed your arrows went astray when you shot them
٢. طَلَبتِ دِيانَةً بَينَ البَرايا
لَقَد أَشوَت سِهامُكَ إِذ رَمَيتِ
3. Disguised in Sufism, deceitfully
Did you visit men or are you blind?
٣. تَزَيّوا بِالتَصَوّفِ عَن خِداعٍ
فَهَل زُرتِ الرِجالَ أَو اِعتَمَيتِ
4. And they stood in their gatherings and circled around
As if they were idols from a shrine
٤. وَقاموا في تَواجُدِهِم فَداروا
كَأَنَّهُمُ ثِمالٌ مِن كُمَيتِ
5. They did not dance in awe of a god
But desire only what you have offered
٥. وَما رَقَصوا حِذاراً مِن إِلهٍ
وَلا يَبغونَ إِلّا ما حَمَيتِ
6. I found people to be dead like the living
In good remembrance, or alive like the dead
٦. وَجَدتُ الناسَ مَيتاً مِثلَ حَيٍّ
بِحُسنِ الذِكرِ أَو حَيّاً كَمَيتِ