قد رُفِعَت ألويةُ الغَدرِ
وسُدَّ بابُ الفَصلِ والشكرِ
The banners of treachery have been raised,
and the gate of virtue and gratitude has been barred.
وآيةُ الإحسانِ منسوخَةً
قد أسقِطَت من صُحُفِ الدَهرِ
The verse of benevolence has been abrogated,
struck from the pages of time.
لا تطلُبِ الخيرَ ولا ترجُهُ
فإنّ هذي دولةُ الشّرِّ
Seek no good, and do not hope for it,
for this is the reign of evil.
سمعتُ بالحرِّ ولم ألقَهُ
يا طولَ أشواقي إلى الحُرِّ
I have heard tell of the noble freeman, but never met him—
oh, how long I have yearned for the noble freeman!
Sol 5.6