مَتى تَقرِن أَصَمَّ بِحَبلِ أَعشى

يَلُجّا في الضَلالَةِ وَالخَسارِ

Whenever you tether a deaf man by a rope to a night-blind man,

the two plunge on into error and loss.

فَلَستُ بِمُبصِرٍ شَيئاً يَراهُ

وَليسَ بِسامِعٍ مِنّي حِواري

For I cannot see a thing that he sees,

nor can he hear my words to him.