1. فَلأَ نْظُرَنَّ إلى الجبال وأَهْلها

    وإلى مَنابرها بِطَرْفٍ أَخْزَرِ

    So I shall surely look at the mountains and their people,

    And at their pulpits with a hostile, sidelong glance.

  2. مازِلْتَ تَرْكَبُ كلَّ شيءٍ قائِمٍ

    حتى اجترأت على ركوب المنْبرِ

    You have kept mounting every upright thing,

    Until you dared to mount the pulpit.

  3. مازال مِنْبَركَ الذي خَلَّفْتهُ

    بالأمس منك كحائِضِ لم تَطْهُرِ

    Your pulpit remains—the one you left behind

    Yesterday—because of you, like a menstruating woman not yet pure.