أُسكُت وَخَلِّ مُضِلَّهُم وَشُؤونَهُ

أُسكُت وَخَلِّ مُضِلَّهُم وَشُؤونَهُ

لِيَسوقَهُم بِعَصاهُ أَو بِحُسامِهِ

لِيَسوقَهُم بِعَصاهُ أَو بِحُسامِهِ

Be silent, and leave their misleader to his affairs,

Be silent, leave their misguided ways and affairs

to drive them with his staff or his sword.

So He may lead them with His staff or His sword

نُصِحوا فَما قَبِلوا وَباعوا كِثكِثاً

نُصِحوا فَما قَبِلوا وَباعوا كِثكِثاً

مِن شَرِّ مَعدِنِهِ بِقيمَةِ سامِهِ

مِن شَرِّ مَعدِنِهِ بِقيمَةِ سامِهِ

They were counseled but would not heed, and bought fine dust

They were advised but did not accept and sold a lot

from its poorest mine at the price of its gold.

Of the evil of their mine for the price of poison

فَكَأَنَّهُم غَنَمٌ تَرودُ أُسامَها

فَكَأَنَّهُم غَنَمٌ تَرودُ أُسامَها

مَن لا يُبالي كَيفَ حالُ مَسامِهِ

مَن لا يُبالي كَيفَ حالُ مَسامِهِ

So they are like sheep seeking out their lion,

So they are like sheep led by one who does not care

one who cares nothing for the state of his pasture.

How it fares with their lead ropes

دُفِنَ السُرورُ فَما يَبينُ لِعاقِلٍ

دُفِنَ السُرورُ فَما يَبينُ لِعاقِلٍ

رُزءٌ يَكونُ المَوتُ في أَقسامِهِ

رُزءٌ يَكونُ المَوتُ في أَقسامِهِ

Joy is buried; to a wise person there appears no

Happiness is buried, no sign to a wise one

calamity of which death is one kind.

That death might be in its divisions

كَذَبَ اِمرُؤٌ نَسَبَ القَبيحَ إِلى

كَذَبَ اِمرُؤٌ نَسَبَ القَبيحَ إِلى

الَّذي خَلَقَ الأَنامَ وَخَطَّ في بِرسامِهِ

الَّذي خَلَقَ الأَنامَ وَخَطَّ في بِرسامِهِ

A man lies when he attributes evil to

A man lied attributing vileness to

the One who created humankind; that man scribbles in his feverish delirium.

He who created mankind and outlined in His design