يا واضِعاً بَيضَ القَطا

تَحتَ الزَمامِجِ لِلفِراخِ

O you who placed the eggs of the duck

O you who deposits the eggs of the sandgrouse,

Under the incubators for the chicks

Beneath the birds of prey to hatch the chicks,

لَو أَيقَنَت ما تَحتَها

لَم تَخلُ مِن نَقرِ السِماخِ

If only she knew what was beneath her

If they but knew what sits upon them,

She would not stop pecking with her beak

They would not cease from pecking at its ears,

يا غارِساً بِيَمينِهِ

شَجَرَ الحِفاظِ عَلى السِباخِ

O you who planted with your right hand

O you who plants, with his own right hand,

The trees of protection over the paths

The tree of fidelity in barren salt-flats,

فَسَدَ الخَلائِقُ كُلُّهُم

فَاِنظُر لِنَفسِكَ مَن تُؤاخي

So all people were blocked off

The character of all people has turned corrupt,

Look to yourself - who will you befriend?

So look well to yourself whom you take as brother.