فلَوْ حِلْتُمُ مِنْ دُونِهِ لَمْ يَزَلْ لَكُمْ

يَدَ الدَّهْرِ عِزٌّ لا يبوخُ ولا يسري

Had you resolved without Him, time's hand for you

Would always mighty be, unfailing, unrestrained,

وَلَمْ تَقْعدُوا والدّارُ دُخَانُهَا

يحرَّقُ فيها بالسَّعِيرِ وبالجمرِ

Nor would you dwell in a house with smoke-filled rooms

Ablaze with flaming fires and burning embers.

فَلَمْ أَرَ يوماً كانَ أكثرَ ضَيْعَةً

وَأَقْرَبَ منهُ للغِوَايَةِ والنُّكْرِ

Thus I have never seen a day of vainer waste,

Nearer to going astray, denial and disbelief.