يا زمان العكس قلاب الأمور
ما بقت إلا عشيشات النّسور
O time of reversed affairs and changed conditions
Only the nests of eagles remain
والهوى بادي وخلخال الخنا
سوقه النّادي وطبّال يدور
And desire is manifest, and the anklets of coquetry
Its market is the club, and a drummer revolves
كم تبدّى النّصح في ردّ الجسور
ربّنا الدّاري وسمّاح غفور
How much advice appeared in rebuilding the bridges
Our Lord is Gracious, Forgiving, Merciful
قل لنسناس الهوى خلّ المزور
بالنا لاهيّ عن كلّ بزور
Tell the tempter of desire to avoid the false paths
We are not heedless of all fraud
خلّي ذكراك وأرباب النهى
أين ذاك الدهر من هذي الدهور
Leave your remembrance and the people of prohibition
Where is that time from these times?
ما رأينا الشكر وأفاد النّصب
خلّها ترعى ودع عنك الغرور
We did not see gratitude, but loss benefited
Let it graze, and leave behind arrogance
قال لطبّال الهوى بعده نزول
خلّ عنك الخدع صيّادك غيور
The drummer of desire said after its descent
Leave behind your deceptions, your jealous hunter
قد رمتك النّفس في ريح الدّيور
بحرها طامي وغدّاق الأمور
Your soul has thrown you to the winds of eras
Its sea is turbulent and its affairs are murky
كم سراب ظنه الظّامي سرور
خاب مسعاه على غيّ وزور
How much an illusion the ignorant thought joy
His hopes were dashed by wrongdoing and falsehood
كان لي حزم على شيخ الوفا
يسلف الوافي بقولٍ كن حذور
I had resolve with the Sheikh of loyalty
Who lends to the loyal with words: “Be cautious”
من زمان يملك العزّ النَّفور
صفوه مرّ وغربانه نسور
Of an era that commands aloofness and avoidance
Its essence is bitter and its ravens are eagles
حقّق الدّهر لنا ماضي السّلف
ورماة الوغد طالت بالزعور
Time has verified for us the past of ancestry
And the arrows of the vile have lengthened with feathers
صرت برقاً خلَّباً ماله جنا
وإن محى رسم الهدى تحت الخدور
I became like flashing lightning that has no shelter
Even if the trace of guidance is erased under the veils
يا ليالٍ وزّت عبداً بزور
لونها قاني ورؤياها غرور
Oh nights that have wrongfully bound a slave
Their color is weary and their visions are illusions
تدّعي دعوى ودعواها قصور
خاب مسعاها ولمّمات الحجُور
Making a claim but their claim is deficient
Its hopes were dashed and the warrens were sealed
قد بدا نور الهدى منّا وعمّ
وانجلى بحر الرّدى عنّا مرور
The light of guidance from us has shone
And the sea of misguidance has cleared before us
وأثني الله مولّينا النّعم
من حيا الأرض بجريان الغدُور
And God has praised our protecting Master
Who gave life to the land through flowing rivers
