1. You have become something new that people worship,
Recording all its news.

2. You have enticed the Christians with it, openly,
Not concealing any of its secrets.

3. So with you it has reached among the Muslims,
That which preceded of its influence.

4. You have seen them - so why have you not attained
With consolation and easing its passage?

5. I did not know that before it
You love the whips and their blows.