رَأَيتُكَ تَبني جاهِداً في قَطيعَتي

فَلَو كُنتَ ذا إِربٍ لَهَدَّمتَ ما تَبني

I saw you building obstinately upon my estrangement

If you had any dignity, you would have demolished what you built

نُثيرُ عَلى الباقينَ مَجنى ضَغينَةٍ

فَوَيلٌ لَهُم إِن مِتَّ مِن شَرِّ ما تَجني

We rouse against the rest, the agony of resentment

Woe to them, if I die, because of the evil of what you harvested

كَأَنّي بِهِم وَاللَيتُ أَفضَلُ قَولِهِم

ألا لَيتَنا وَاللَيتُ إِذ ذاكَ لا يُغني

It is as if I see them, and if only the best of their words was

"If only we, and if only when that happens, it will not avail"

كَفَرتَ يَداً مِن مُنعِمٍ لَو شَكَرتَها

جَزاكَ بِها الرَحمنُ ذو الفَضلِ وَالمَنِّ

You disbelieved a blessing hand, if you had thanked it

The Merciful, The Bountiful, would have rewarded you for it