لَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ أَيْقَظْتُ مَنْ كَانَ رَاقِدَاً

لَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ أَيْقَظْتُ مَنْ كَانَ رَاقِدَاً

وَأَنْذَرْتُ لَكِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَنْفَعُ النُّذْرُ

وَأَنْذَرْتُ لَكِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ تَنْفَعُ النُّذْرُ

By my life, I have indeed awakened those who were asleep,

And I warned, but the warnings were of no avail.

نَصَحْتُ فَكَذَّبْتُمْ فَلَمَّا أَتَّى الرَّدَى

نَصَحْتُ فَكَذَّبْتُمْ فَلَمَّا أَتَّى الرَّدَى

عَمَدْتُمْ لِتَصْدِيقِي وَقَدْ قُضِيَ الأَمْرُ

عَمَدْتُمْ لِتَصْدِيقِي وَقَدْ قُضِيَ الأَمْرُ

I gave counsel, but you disbelieved; then, when ruin came,

You turned to believing me, though the matter was already settled.

فَلَمْ يَبْقَ فِي أَيْدِيكُمُ غَيْرُ حَسْرَةٍ

فَلَمْ يَبْقَ فِي أَيْدِيكُمُ غَيْرُ حَسْرَةٍ

وَلَمْ يَبْقَ عِنْدِي غَيْرُ مَا عَافَهُ الصَّدْرُ

وَلَمْ يَبْقَ عِنْدِي غَيْرُ مَا عَافَهُ الصَّدْرُ

So nothing remained in your hands but regret,

And nothing remained with me but what the breast had spurned.

فَجَاءَ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ تَخَافُونَ شَرَّهُ

فَجَاءَ الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ تَخَافُونَ شَرَّهُ

وَزَالَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ شِعْرُ

وَزَالَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ شِعْرُ

Then came that whose evil you had feared,

And gone was that after which no poetry remained.