1. Whenever you see a modernist group
Whose opinion leads people away from mosques

2. And for the times there is a sleeping secret in every wakeful person
Or a waker in every kneeling worshipper

3. They say the Quran's influence has changed
Erased the traces of devout ancestors' glories

4. Whenever a divine order descends, it does not benefit
Other than the ghost, the spear of the short Cambyses wounded the kneeling ones

5. And if some distress befalls Islam
No soul has found a match for it, not even the most ardent lover

6. When they glorify a Mars, I glorify the One
For whom Mars would be the first to kneel in prayer