أَيا مَن زادَ في تيهٍ

أَيا مَن زادَ في تيهٍ

وَفي طَيشٍ وَفي كِبَرِ

وَفي طَيشٍ وَفي كِبَرِ

O you who have gone ever further in your arrogance,

O you who have grown in conceit,

in recklessness and pride,

And in recklessness and pride,

وَمَن أَصبَحَ لا يُلوي

وَمَن أَصبَحَ لا يُلوي

عَلى زَيدٍ وَلا عَمرِو

عَلى زَيدٍ وَلا عَمرِو

and who have come to heed no one—

And who now pay no heed

neither Zayd nor ʿAmr—

To Zayd or ʿAmr:

أَرى عُنوانَ أَشياءٍ

أَرى عُنوانَ أَشياءٍ

وَما يَبعُدُ أَن تَجري

وَما يَبعُدُ أَن تَجري

I see signs of things,

I see a sign of things,

and it is not unlikely they will come to pass.

And it is not unlikely that they will come to pass.

مَتى تَصحُ أُذَكِّركَ

مَتى تَصحُ أُذَكِّركَ

فَأَنتَ اليَومَ في سُكرِ

فَأَنتَ اليَومَ في سُكرِ

Once you are sober, I shall reason with you;

When you sober up, I shall remind you,

for today you are drunk.

For today you are intoxicated.

فَوا ضَيعَةَ نُصحي لَ

فَوا ضَيعَةَ نُصحي لَ

كَ في سِرٍّ وَفي جَهرِ

كَ في سِرٍّ وَفي جَهرِ

Alas, how my counsel to him has gone to waste—

So alas for my counsel, wasted on—

how often, in secret and aloud!

You, in private and in public!

وَكَم قُلتُ وَلَكِن أَي

وَكَم قُلتُ وَلَكِن أَي

نَ مَن يَسمَعُ أَو يَدري

نَ مَن يَسمَعُ أَو يَدري

And how often I have spoken—but where

And how often I have spoken—but where

is anyone who listens or understands?

Is anyone who listens or understands?