1. Come, He who shaped the stars with might
Evil-doers are now compelled to right
١. تَعالى الَّذي صاغَ النُجومَ بِقُدرَةٍ
عَنِ القَولِ أَضحى فاعِلُ السَوءِ مُجبِرا
2. I see a world complaining to its Lord, its ignorance
And how many rise up to speak from the pulpit
٢. أَرى عالَماً يَشكو إِلى اللَهِ جَهلَهُ
وَكَم مِن بَرىً يَعلو فَيَخطُبُ مِنبَرا
3. They pursued ambergris with ladles
Then feared, and pursued ambergris with scimitars
٣. هُمُ القَومُ سافوا عَنبَراً بِمَعاطِسٍ
فَخافوا وَسافوا بِالصَوارِمِ عَنبَرا
4. The youth lives as long as he lives like a gazelle who benefits
His worldly life only by rising up and growing old
٤. يَعيشُ الفَتى ما عاشَ كَالظَبي لَم يُفِد
بِدُنياهُ إِلّا أَن يُعالَ وَيَكبُرا
5. He did not know why he came to it, nor does he know
Where he will go, so he resigned himself, retreating
٥. وَلَم يَدرِ لَمّا أَن أَتاها وَلا دَرى
إِلى أَينَ يَمضي فَاِستَكانَ مُدَبَّرا