1. تَرومُ بِجَهلِكَ لُقيا الكِرامِ

    وَلَستُ لِذي كَرَمٍ واجِدا

    In your ignorance, you seek to meet the noble,

    And I find no one possessed of nobility.

  2. وَتَحسَبُ أَنَّ التَقِيَّ الَّذي

    تُشاهِدُهُ راكِعاً ساجِدا

    And you think the pious man is the one

    You see bowing and prostrating.

  3. تَنَبَّه فَأَنتَ عَلى غِرَّةٍ

    إِخالُكَ مُستَيقِظاً هاجِدا

    Awake, for you are heedless;

    I deem you asleep, though awake.