مِن أَيَّةِ الطُرقِ يَأتي نَحوَكَ الكَرَمُ

أَينَ المَحاجِمُ يا كافورُ وَالجَلَمُ

From which path could generosity ever find its way to you?

Where are the cupping jars, O Kafur, and the shears?

جازَ الأُلى مَلَكَت كَفّاكَ قَدرَهُمُ

فَعُرِّفوا بِكَ أَنَّ الكَلبَ فَوقَهُمُ

Those whom your hands possess have surpassed their true worth,

Only to learn through you that dogs stand higher than they.

لا شَيءَ أَقبَحُ مِن فَحلٍ لَهُ ذَكَرٌ

تَقودُهُ أَمَةٌ لَيسَت لَها رَحِمُ

There is nothing more repugnant than a stallion with a member

Who is led by a slave girl possessing no womb.

ساداتُ كُلِّ أُناسٍ مِن نُفوسِهِمِ

وَسادَةُ المُسلِمينَ الأَعبُدُ القَزَمُ

The masters of all peoples spring from their own stock,

But the masters of the Muslims are dwarfish slaves.

أَغايَةُ الدينِ أَن تُحفوا شَوارِبَكُم

يا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَت مِن جَهلِها الأُمَمُ

Is the summit of religion merely the trimming of your mustaches,

O nation whose ignorance has made the nations laugh?

أَلا فَتىً يورِدُ الهِندِيَّ هامَتَهُ

كَيما تَزولُ شُكوكُ الناسِ وَالتُهَمُ

Is there no youth to drive the Indian blade into his skull,

That the doubts and suspicions of men may be dispelled?

فَإِنَّهُ حُجَّةٌ يُؤذي القُلوبَ بِها

مِن دينُهُ الدَهرُ وَالتَعطيلُ وَالقِدَمُ

For he is a proof used to torment the hearts

Of those whose creed is Time, denial, and eternity.

ما أَقدَرَ اللَهَ أَن يُخزي خَليقَتَهُ

وَلا يُصَدِّقُ قَوماً في الَّذي زَعَموا

How able is God to bring disgrace upon His creation,

Yet not confirm the claims that such people make!