لَم يَتَّفِق مِمّا جَرى في المَركَبِ

كَكَذِبِ القِردِ عَلى نوحِ النَبي

What happened on the ship did not align,

With the lies of the ape against Prophet Noah.

فَإِنَّهُ كانَ بِأَقصى السَطحِ

فَاِشتاقَ مِن خِفَّتِهِ لِلمَزحِ

For he was at the farthest edge of the deck,

Yearning lightheartedly to jest.

وَصاحَ يا لِلطَيرِ وَالأَسماكِ

لِمَوجَةٍ تَجِدُّ في هَلاكي

He cried, “O birds and fish!

For a wave that would bring about my demise.”

فَبَعَثَ النَبي لَهُ النُسورا

فَوَجَدَتهُ لاهِياً مَسرورا

So the Prophet sent him eagles,

And they found him playing, delighted.

ثُمَّ أَتى ثانِيَةً يَصيحُ

قَد ثُقِبَت مَركَبُنا يا نوحُ

Then again he screamed,

“Our ship is punctured, O Noah!”

فَأَرسَلَ النَبِيُّ كُلَّ مَن حَضَر

فَلَم يَرَوا كَما رَأى القِردُ خَطَر

So the Prophet sent all who were present,

But they did not see the danger the ape saw.

وَبَينَما السَفيهُ يَوماً يَلعَبُ

جادَت بِهِ عَلى المِياهِ المَركَبُ

While the fool was playing one day,

The ship sailed away with him on the water.

فَسَمِعوهُ في الدُجى يَنوحُ

يَقولُ إِنّي هالِكٌ يا نوحُ

They heard him in the dark lamenting,

Saying, “I am lost, O Noah!”

سَقَطتُ مِن حَماقَتي في الماءِ

وَصِرتُ بَينَ الأَرضِ وَالسَماءِ

“I have fallen in the water from my folly,

And am now between the earth and sky.”

فَلَم يُصَدِّق أَحَدٌ صِياحَه

وَقيلَ حَقّاً هَذِهِ وَقاحَه

But no one believed his screaming,

And it was said, “This is true impudence!”

قَد قالَ في هَذا المَقامِ مَن سَبَق

أَكذبُ ما يُلفي الكَذوبُ إِن صَدَق

One who preceded said in this regard,

“The greater the liar's lie, even if he speaks the truth.”

مَن كانَ مَمنُوّاً بِداءِ الكَذِبِ

لا يَترُكُ اللَهَ وَلا يُعفي نَبي

He whom the vice of lying has possessed,

God does not forgive, nor does the Prophet absolve.