لا طَلّ صَوْبَ الغَوادِي سَاحَتي قطنا

ولا رَعى اللّه مَنْ في أَرْضِها قطنا

No meadows have I ever grazed in their valleys,

Nor has God ever blessed whoever dwelt in their land.

ما أَنْصَفُوا الخضِر الباني جِدَارهُمُ

لَمَّا أَرادَ بِأَنْ يَنْقَضَّ حِينَ بَنَى

They were unfair to the Green One when he built his wall

Wanting to knock it down even as it was erected.

فَاسْتَطْعَما أَهْلَهَا مُوسَى وَصاحِبُهُ

فَلمْ يُضَيّفُوهُما شَيْئاً فَكيْفَ لَنا

Moses and his companion asked to be their guests,

But they did not treat them hospitably at all.

هَجاهُمُ اللّه في القُرآنِ فَاهْجهُمُ

وَالعَنْهمُ الدَّهْرَ واشْكُرْ كُلَّ مَنْ لَعَنا

God censured them in the Qur’ān—so censure them!

Time has cursed them; thank all who cursed them!