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Misfortune has returned to our people,

عدت على أقوامنا النحوس

1. Misfortune has returned to our people,
And these cups have led them astray.

١. عدتْ على أقوامنا النحوسُ
وضلَّلتهم هذهِ الكؤوسُ

2. Heads have been turned into feet,
Wits and reason destroyed by them.

٢. فانقلبتْ في الأرجلِ الرؤوسُ
وخُرِّبَ العقلُ بها والكيسُ

3. Most of them are miserable among people.
Good advice, O my people, is precious.

٣. فجلهم بينَ الورى بئيسُ
النصحُ يا قومي هو النفيسُ

4. Evil blinds souls.
So make them see, for guidance is obscured.

٤. والغيُّ تعمى عندهُ النفوسُ
فبصِّروها فالهدى مطموسُ

5. We have given an example, so judge accordingly.

٥. وقد ضربنا مثلاً فقيسوا