1. O people, do not worship idols now that
Proofs have spoken to you of the sins of their worshippers.

2. Be yourself, not a slave or bondsman
To the deceivers, however much they have gone astray.

3. How we praised a heritage that became their inheritance,
Yet they squandered all we added to it.

4. How we reckoned they were the guiding lights of their nation,
Yet they wearied it and increased its ornamentation.

5. Our praise was not pretense; what grieves us
Is how much deceit there is in life that does not purify it.

6. Rather, our sadness stems from the betrayal of our nation
And from the widespread corruption in its regions.

7. From its saddening deterioration without waking
To the calamity, but rather bringing it to life.

8. Would that I were an overlord who could raise it
Above the tyrants and destroy them and revive it!