هِيَ غُربَتانِ فَغُربَةٌ مِن عاقِلٍ

هِيَ غُربَتانِ فَغُربَةٌ مِن عاقِلٍ

ثُمَّ اِغتِرابٌ مِن مُحَكِّمِ عَقلِهِ

ثُمَّ اِغتِرابٌ مِن مُحَكِّمِ عَقلِهِ

There are two estrangements: one from a rational man,

There are two estrangements: estrangement from sanity,

then estrangement from one who makes his reason the arbiter.

Then alienation from one's self-controlling mind.

وَالطَبعُ يَثبُتُ كَالهِضابِ وَمَن يَرُم

وَالطَبعُ يَثبُتُ كَالهِضابِ وَمَن يَرُم

نَقلاً لَهُ يَعجَز وَيَعيَ بِنَقلِهِ

نَقلاً لَهُ يَعجَز وَيَعيَ بِنَقلِهِ

And temperament stands firm like hills; whoever seeks

Inborn nature stays fixed like mountains, and whoever

to shift it is powerless and grows weary trying to move it.

Tries moving it finds the attempt too hard.

وَالحَقُّ يُثقِلُ كُلَّ غاوٍ ظالِمٍ

وَالحَقُّ يُثقِلُ كُلَّ غاوٍ ظالِمٍ

وَأَخو الدِيانَةِ ما يُحِسُّ بِثِقلِهِ

وَأَخو الدِيانَةِ ما يُحِسُّ بِثِقلِهِ

And truth burdens every misguided wrongdoer,

The truth weighs down on every straying wrongdoer,

while the man of piety does not feel its weight.

Yet one sworn to religion does not feel its weight.