بُلينَا بِقوْمٍ خالفوا أَوْضَحَ الحُجَجْ

وحادُوا عن النّهج القويم إلى عَرَجْ

We were afflicted by a people who opposed the clearest proofs

And deviated from the straight path to crookedness

وفي زعمهم أنّ الغنى ذا قربةٌ

ورقصٌ بتصفيقٍ وصَعْقٌ بِمُخْتَلَجْ

And in their view, wealth has virtue

Dancing with clapping and thunder with perturbation

وهل كان في الصّدر القديم صنيعُكُم

وقد سمِعَت آذانكم من بها لَهَجْ

Was their conduct in the ancient chests

While their ears heard the one with elocution

صدقتُمْ فانّ السامريّ إمامُكم

وشَيْخُكُمُ لاَ شكَّ فيه ولا حَرَجْ

You spoke truly, the Samaritan is their imam

And their elder, no doubt in him and no embarrassment

ويعلوه طربوش كحمرة خدّه

وما ذاك إلاّ من هرج الهرج

And above him is a hat red like the redness of his cheek

And that is only from the nonsense of nonsense