1. The ignorant oppressor attacked and destroyed his neighbor
Believing that evil serves God
١. رَمَى الجَاهِلُ البَاغِي فَأَوْدَى بِجَارِهِ
تَوَهمَ أَنَّ اللهَ بِالشَّرِّ يُخْدَمُ
2. What do you say of one who improves the work of his Lord?
His wisdom is a bow and his means are arrows
٢. فمَا قَوْلُكُمْ فِي مُصْلِحٍ صُنْعَ رَبِّهِ
وَحِكْمَتُهُ قَوْسٌ وَمَغْزَاهُ أَسْهُمُ
3. Does he undo a war not diminished by God?
And multiply armies while God is forced?
٣. أَيَنْقُضُ حَرْباً لَمْ يَرَ اللهُ نَقْصَهُ
وَيَنْمِي عَدِيدَ وَاللهُ مُرغَمُ
4. Oh you who wrong your peers and brothers
Evil is what you assume
٤. أَلا أَيُّهَا الجَّانِي عَلَى نُظَرَائِهِ
وَإِخْوَتِهِ سَاءَ الَّذِي تَتَوَهَّمُ
5. Love your brother for you are Christ's helper
And greet him well for you are Muslim
٥. أَخَاكَ فَأَحْبِبْهُ بِأَنَّكَ نَاصِرٌ
لِعِيسَى وَسَالِمْهُ بِأَنَّكَ مُسْلِمُ
6. Otherwise whatever your religion you were no
Warrior but a criminal
٦. وَإِلاَّ فَأَيَّاً كَانَ دِينُكَ لَمْ تَكُنْ
مُجَاهِدَ حَرْبٍ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مُجْرِمُ
7. Will there come a day when hatred in our souls
Hidden for an era then ignited, passes?
٧. أَيُقْبِلُ يَوْمٌ تَنْتَفِي مِنْ نُفُوسِنَا
ضَغَائِنُ تَخْبُو حِقْبَةً ثُمَّ تُضْرَمُ
8. We stand behind it weakened while
The lowest of creatures surpass us
٨. وَقَفْنَا بِهَا مُسْتَأْخِرِينَ لِضِعْفِنَا
وَأَدْنَى البَرَايَا دُونَنَا تَتَقَدَّمُ