أهملوني من جهلهم بي وهذا

وصف قومي ما بينهم متناسق

They ignore me out of ignorance of me, and that

Is a description of my people; none of them in accord.

وهو إهمال ربهم لهمو فل

يستعيذوا بالله من شرِّ غاسق

And it is their Lord's neglect of them, so let

Them seek refuge in God from the evil of darkness.

وأنا ناظر لهم فكأني

مصحف قد أقيم في بيت فاسق

And I watch them as if I were

A Quran set up in the house of a wicked man.