أَراني كُلَّما اِستَخبَر

تُ عَن حالِكَ لا تُفصِح

Whenever I ask after you, you do not speak plainly,

And I strongly suspect this attitude will not succeed.

وَفي غالِبِ ظَنّي أَنَّ

هَذا الوَجهَ لا يُفلِح

You have come to praise what others would condemn,

And to delay what you used to hasten to accomplish.

لَقَد أَصبَحتَ تَستَح

سِنُ ما غَيرُكَ يَستَقبِح

If you do not maintain your praise, why ask about one who praises?

How long will you continue in your error,

وَقَد أَخَّرتَ ما كُنتَ

بِهِ مِن قَبلُ تَستَفتِح

Remaining tonight as you were this morning?

How long will you keep company with one who corrupts the land instead of setting it right?

إِذا لَم تَحفَظِ الحَمدَ

فَلِم تَسأَلُ عَن سَبِّح

How long will a creature forbid you, though he cannot grant success?

By God, when will one who is not seen to succeed ever succeed?

إِلى كَم أَنتَ في غِيِّ

كَ تُمسي مِثلَ ما تُصبِح

وَكَم تَصحَبُ مَن يُف

سِدُ في الأَرضِ وَلا يُصلِح

وَكَم يَنهاكَ مَخلوقٌ

وَإِن كانَ فَلا يُنجِح

فَبِاللَهِ مَتى يُفلِ

حُ مَن لَيسَ يُرى يُفلِح