طغى دهرُنا بالشبه مذ ضل أهلُهُ

بذا الشبهِ إن اللَه ليس له شِبْهُ

Our age is overwhelmed with falsehood since its people went astray

With this falsehood, indeed God has no likeness

وناحت حَمام الجهل فانغشَّ جاهلٌ

ولم يدر من غَشَّت حمائمُهُ البُلهُ

The pigeons of ignorance cooed and an ignorant man was deceived

And did not realize it was his own foolish pigeons that deceived him

فباتت تناجيه حوادثُ دهره

بكاساتها الملأى وراحاتُها شُدْهُ

So his life's events started whispering to him

With their brimming cups and exhilarating rests

ومالت بعطفيه القيانُ بعَرفها

إلى صبوةٍ تلهو وأحداثُها تزهو

The cups leaned towards him with their familiarity

To a morning drink and events that frolic

فَمُذْ هَبَّ من سُكر الخَبال ورَوقه

رأى الدهر لاشيئاً وليس له كُنه

Since the intoxication of vanity has evaporated and faded

He saw the age as nothing and it has no essence

وليس له وجهٌ وقد ظن جهلَه

على أنه من حسنه كله وجه

It has no face and he had thought in his ignorance

That its whole beauty was its face