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We were afflicted by a people who opposed the clearest proofs

بلينا بقوم خالفوا أوضح الحجج

1. We were afflicted by a people who opposed the clearest proofs
And deviated from the straight path to crookedness

١. بُلينَا بِقوْمٍ خالفوا أَوْضَحَ الحُجَجْ
وحادُوا عن النّهج القويم إلى عَرَجْ

2. And in their view, wealth has virtue
Dancing with clapping and thunder with perturbation

٢. وفي زعمهم أنّ الغنى ذا قربةٌ
ورقصٌ بتصفيقٍ وصَعْقٌ بِمُخْتَلَجْ

3. Was their conduct in the ancient chests
While their ears heard the one with elocution

٣. وهل كان في الصّدر القديم صنيعُكُم
وقد سمِعَت آذانكم من بها لَهَجْ

4. You spoke truly, the Samaritan is their imam
And their elder, no doubt in him and no embarrassment

٤. صدقتُمْ فانّ السامريّ إمامُكم
وشَيْخُكُمُ لاَ شكَّ فيه ولا حَرَجْ

5. And above him is a hat red like the redness of his cheek
And that is only from the nonsense of nonsense

٥. ويعلوه طربوش كحمرة خدّه
وما ذاك إلاّ من هرج الهرج