1. May God forgive me my lapse,
for so deceit is the faith of all people.
١. أُرائيكَ فَليَغفِر لِيَ اللَهُ زَلَّتي
بِذاكَ وَدينُ العالَمينَ رِياءُ
2. And a man may fail his kinsmen's hopes of him
though he be pleasing of face and eloquent.
٢. وَقَد يُخلِفُ الإِنسانُ ظَنَّ عَشيرِهِ
وَإِن راقَ مِنهُ مَنظَرٌ وَرُواءُ
3. When a people worship not God alone
with good counsel, we are quit of them.
٣. إِذا قَومُنا لَم يَعبُدوا اللَهَ وَحدَهُ
بِنُصحٍ فَإِنّا مِنهُمُ بُرَآءُ