أَعَبدَ اللَهِ دَع لَوّاً وَلَيتا

فَقَد أَصبَحتَ يا مِسكينُ مَيتا

Worship God and leave vain conceit,

For you have become, o wretched one, dead.

وَكُنتَ بِخِلَّتَينِ تُدِلُّ حَتّى

رُميتَ مِنَ السَماءِ كَما رَمَيتا

You used to be so stingy and miserly,

Until you were cast down from the sky as you yourself cast down.

بِلينٍ مَرَّةً وَبِقَدرِ عَونٍ

فَسُوِّدَ وَجهُ عَونٍ وَاِطَّلَيتا

Show a little flexibility and some help,

So the face of Help can brighten and the dark clouds disperse.

فَأَنتَ اليَومَ في خِزيٍ عَظيمٍ

فَكَيفَ غَداً تَكونُ إِذا اِلتَحَيتا

Today you are in deep disgrace -

How will you be tomorrow when the two armies meet?