سبحان من خلق العميان من نكد

واختصّهم بقبيح السخف والحسد

Glory to Him who created the blind out of spite

And endowed them with the ugliness of foolishness and envy

والشر فيهم وسوء الظن طبعهم

واللؤم والشؤم والإفساد في البلد

Evil is inherent in them and ill thoughts their nature

As well as villainy, ill omen and corruption in the land

كأنهم خلقوا غيظا لكل فتى

في طبعه أدب موف على رشد

It's as if they were created out of spite against every young man

Of good character and conduct, steadfast on the right path

إذا الضرير مشى أبصرت صاعقةً

كأنه أسد قد شدّ في مسَد

When a blind man walks I see a lightning bolt

As if he were a lion baring its fangs

لولا أناس من العميان قد درسوا

آي القرآن وشدوا الدرس بالعدد

Were it not for some among the blind who studied

The verses of the Quran, reciting by rote

لقلت إنهم أولاد طاغية

من الخوارج أو نفاثه العقد

I'd say they're the offspring of an oppressor

Among the dissenters, or the spitting of snakes