1. O you whom we called but did not answer,
Come, for the generous ones welcome you kindly,

2. Gifts have been allotted to the sincere people,
Yet I see you have no share of the donations.

3. That is only because their drink was pure,
While yours in conduct was mixed.

4. Woe to you, you claim their morals,
Far from it! They were truthful and you a liar.

5. They stayed up while you slept, and in their hearts and breasts
Were embers that melted their livers.

6. They spent the night while the tears' mouths smiled whenever
The darkness' cheek grew long.

7. They washed the blackness of their skins with tears
That grieved clouds and moistened and poured.

8. So their night was restored to a shining day
When their hearts were illuminated by the Beloved.

9. They surrendered, so their war became peace, and how much
War they had with souls!

10. They shed with the meadow of the west the branches of purity
So the north blew with purpose and south.

11. Is there, with crying and moaning, any helper
Who will answer me in his weeping as I answer?

12. Alas for what we see of heedlessness
And arrows of deadly causes that strike!

13. Is there any return or repentance before
A difficult day of judgment comes upon you?

14. Seek refuge with the righteous and their prestige
For through them hidden perils will be uncovered in the end.

15. If you are not one of them, then befriend them, for the
Ally may protect the despoiled.

16. Keep company with them, and may you inhale a breeze
To revive the spirits of hearts.