عَجَباً لِأَربابِ العُقولِ

وَالحِرصِ في طَلَبِ الفُضولِ

How strange are those with sharp minds

Yet greedily seek useless things

سُلّابِ أَكسِيَةِ الأَرا

مِلِ وَاليَتامى وَالكُهولِ

Stripping garments from the weak

And from orphans and the old

وَالجامِعينَ المُكثِري

نَ مِنَ الخِيانَةِ وَالغُلولِ

Those who gather much dishonesty and fraud

And prefer the abode of departure

وَالمُؤثِرينَ لِدارِ رِحلَتِ

هِم عَلى دارِ الحُلولِ

To the eternal abode

They have placed their minds on worldly matters

وَضَعوا عُقولَهُمُ مِنَ الدُ

نيا بِمَدرَجَةِ السيولِ

At the level of flowing torrents

And are distracted by frivolous pleasures

وَلَهَوا بِأَطرافِ الفُرو

عِ وَأَغفَلوا عِلمَ الأُصولِ

Forgetting the knowledge of principles

They follow the gathering of nonsense

وَتَتَبَّعواجَمعَ الحُطا

مِ وَفارَقوا أَثَرَ الرَسولِ

And abandon the way of the Messenger

They have seen the waves of time

وَلَقَد رَأَوا غيلانَ رَي

بِ الدَهرِ غولاً بَعدَ غولِ

Surging again and again with tyranny