وعاذلةٍ تعيبُ عليَّ عادي

فقلتُ لها ضلَلتُ طريقَ عادي

And the moralizer faulting me, customary,

And a scolding woman who finds fault with my ways,

So I said to her, "I lost a customary path."

To whom I said: I have strayed from the path of convention,

رجعتُ إلى الخسارةِ والفسادِ

ولستُ بسالكٍ سُبُلَ الرشاد

I returned to loss and corruption,

I have returned to loss and depravity,

And I'm not one who takes the paths to righteousness.

And I am not one to walk the roads of righteousness.

وأقسمُ لا أجيبُ إلى ملامٍ

ولو صمّمتُ من صوتِ المنادي

I swear I won't respond to blame,

I swear I will not answer to any blame,

Even if I intended the caller's voice.

Even if the crier's voice were to strike me deaf.

ومالي والصلاةَ وصومَ شهرٍ

وقصدَ الحجّ أو قصدَ الجهادِ

What is prayer or fasting a month to me?

What have I to do with prayer or the fasting of a month,

Or striving on pilgrimage or striving in jihad?

Or the intent of Pilgrimage or the waging of Holy War?

سأخلعُ ما حييتُ عذارَ رشدي

وألبسُ جامحاً عذرَ الفساد

I will remove the finery of my righteousness, for as long as I live,

As long as I live, I shall cast off the bridle of reason,

And wear the madness of corruption.

And, unruled, wear the halter of corruption.

وأعصي عاذلي سرّاً وجهراً

وأجعل جاعةَ الشطّار زادي

And I disobey my moralizer secretly and openly,

I disobey my censurer in secret and in public,

And I take the rabble as my provision.

And make the company of rogues my daily bread.

وآخذ في مذاهب قومٍ لوطٍ

ولا آلو تمرّدَ قومِ عادِ

And I follow the ways of the people of Lot,

I adopt the doctrines of the people of Lot,

And I do not refrain from the rebellion of the people of A'd.

And spare no effort in the rebellion of the people of 'Ad.