1. أَلا تَتَّفقونَ اللَهَ رَهطَ مُسَلِّمٍ

    فَقَد جُرتُمُ في طاعَةِ الشَهَواتِ

    Will you not fear God, clan of Musallim?

    For you have transgressed in obedience to your passions.

  2. وَلا تَتبَعوا الشَيطانَ في خُطُواتِهِ

    فَكَم فيكُمُ مِن تابِعِ الخُطُواتِ

    And do not follow Satan in his footsteps,

    for how many among you follow those steps!

  3. عَمَدتُم لِرَأيِ المَثنَوِيَّةِ بَعدَما

    جَرَت لَذَّةُ التَوحيدِ في اللَهَواتِ

    You turned to the dualists' doctrine after

    the sweetness of monotheism had flowed through your throats.

  4. وَمِن دونِ ما أَبدَيتُمُ خُضِبَ القَنا

    وَمارَ نَجيعُ الخَيلِ في الهَبَواتِ

    And for less than what you have revealed, spears have been stained,

    and the horses' dark blood has swirled amid clouds of dust.

  5. فَما اِستَحسَنَت هَذي البَهائِمُ فِعلَكُم

    مِنَ الغَيِّ في الأُمّاتِ وَالحَمَواتِ

    Not even these beasts approve of your conduct—

    your depravity with mothers and mothers-in-law.

  6. وَأَيسَرُ ما حَلَلتُمُ نَحرَ دارِعٍ

    يَعُمُّكُمُ بِالسُكرِ وَالنَشَواتِ

    And the least you have made lawful is slaughtering an armored one

    who fills you all with drunkenness and rapture.

  7. جَعَلتُم عَلِيّاً جُنَّةً وَهوَ لَم يَزَل

    يُعاقِبُ مِن خَمرٍ عَلى حُسُواتِ

    You made Ali a shield, though he never ceased

    to punish for mere sips of wine.

  8. سَأَلنا مَجوساً عَن حَقيقَةِ دينِها

    فَقالَت نَعَم لا نَنكِحُ الأَخَواتِ

    We asked the Magians about the true nature of their religion.

    They said, “Yes, we do not marry sisters.

  9. وَذَلِكَ في أَصلِ التَمَجُّسِ جائِزٌ

    وَلَكِن عَدَدناهُ مِنَ الهَفَواتِ

    That is permitted in the original Magian faith,

    but we have counted it among lapses.

  10. وَنَأبى فَظيعاتِ الأُمورِ وَنَبتَغي

    سُجوداً لِنورِ الشَمسِ في الغَدَواتِ

    And we reject monstrous deeds and seek

    to prostrate ourselves before the sun's light in the mornings.”

  11. وَأَعذَرُ مِن نُسوانِكُم في اِحتِمالِها

    فُضوحَ الرَزايا آتُنُ الفَلَواتِ

    And more excusable than your women for enduring

    the shame of calamities are the she-asses of the wastes.

  12. فَلا تَجعَلوا فيها الغَوِيَّ مُسَلَّطاً

    كَما سُلِّطَ البازي عَلى القَطَواتِ

    So do not give the wayward man power over them,

    as the hawk is unleashed upon the sandgrouse.

  13. تَهاوَنتُمُ بِالذِكرِ لَمّا أَتاكُمُ

    وَلَم تَحفِلوا بِالصَومِ وَالصَلَواتِ

    You made light of the Reminder when it came to you,

    and paid no heed to fasting and prayers.

  14. رَجَوتُم إِماماً في القِرانِ مُضَلَّلاً

    فَلَمّا مَضى قُلتُم إِلى سَنَواتِ

    You hoped for a misguided imam at the conjunction;

    then, when it passed, you said, “In years to come.”

  15. كَذاكَ بَنو حَوّاءَ بَرٌّ وَفاجِرٌ

    وَلا بُدَّ لِلأَيّامِ مِن هَنَواتِ

    Such are Eve's children: righteous and wicked,

    and the days cannot be free of blemishes.