تَرومُyou seek بِجَهلِكَin your ignorance لُقياmeeting الكِرامِthe noble
تَرومُ بِجَهلِكَ لُقيا الكِرامِ
وَلَستُand I am not لِذيof anyone possessing كَرَمٍnobility واجِداa finder
وَلَستُ لِذي كَرَمٍ واجِدا
In your ignorance, you seek to meet the noble,
And I find no one possessed of nobility.
وَتَحسَبُand you think أَنَّthat التَقِيَّthe pious man الَّذيthe one whom
وَتَحسَبُ أَنَّ التَقِيَّ الَّذي
تُشاهِدُهُyou see him راكِعاًbowing ساجِداprostrating
تُشاهِدُهُ راكِعاً ساجِدا
And you think the pious man is the one
You see bowing and prostrating.
تَنَبَّهwake up فَأَنتَfor you are عَلىin غِرَّةٍheedlessness
تَنَبَّه فَأَنتَ عَلى غِرَّةٍ
إِخالُكَI deem you مُستَيقِظاًawake هاجِداasleep
إِخالُكَ مُستَيقِظاً هاجِدا
Awake, for you are heedless;
I deem you asleep, though awake.
Sol 6.1