تبرج لي الدنيا على حين لا ارى

بها برجا يسبي ولا بلجا يصبي

The world allured me when I could not see

In it a tower to enslave, or stream to intoxicate.

فقلت لها اني واياك جاءنا

نذير بما لاق التصبي بمن تصبى

So I said to it, between you and me has come

A warner of what befalls those intoxicated by you.