أَلَيسَ بِعَينِ اللَهِ ما تَصنَعونَهُ

عَشِيَّةَ يَحيى موثَقٌ في السَلاسِلِ

Is not what you are doing in the sight of God?

In the evening, John bound in chains

أَلَم تَرَ لَيثاً ما الَّذي حَتَّمَت بِهِ

لَها الوَيلُ في سُلطانِها المُتَزايِلِ

Have you not seen a lioness - what has she been fated with?

Woe to her in her declining sultanate

لَقَد كَشَفَت لِلناسِ لَيثٌ عَنِ اِستِها

أَخيراً وَصارَت ضُحكَةً في القَبائِلِ

A lion has finally revealed to the people her condition

And she has become a laughing stock among the tribes

كِلابٌ عَوَت لا قَدَّسَ اللَهُ أَمرَها

فَجاءَت بِصَيدٍ لا يَحِلُّ لِآكِلِ

Dogs have rebelled, God has not sanctified their matter

So they have come up with prey that is not lawful to eat