كُفّي دُموعَكِ لِلتَفَرُّقِ وَاِطلُبي

دَمعاً يُبارِكُ مِثلَ دَمعِ الزاهِدِ

Enough of your tears for separation, seek

A tear that blesses like the ascetic's tear

فَبِقَطرَةٍ مِنُ تَبوخُ جَهَنَّمٌ

فيما يُقالُ حَديثُ غَيرِ مُشاهِدِ

For with a drop, Hell shall cry out loud

When the absent are talked about

خافي إِلهَكِ وَاِحذَري مِن أُمَّةٍ

لَم يَلبَسوا في الدينِ ثَوبَ مُجاهِدِ

Fear your God in secret, and beware

A nation who in religion did not wear the warrior’s garb

أَكَلوا فَأَفنوا ثُمَّ غَنّوا وَاِنتَشوا

في رَقصِهِم وَتَمَتَّعوا بِالشاهِدِ

They ate and then were done, then sang and partied

Dancing playfully, enjoying the forbidden

حالَت عُهودُ الخَلقِ كَم مِن مُسلِمٍ

أَمسى يَرومُ شَفاعَةً بِمُعاهِدِ

How many eras have passed, and how many a Muslim

Has fallen asleep hoping for treaty with pagan lands

وَهُوَ الزَمانُ قَضى بِغَيرِ تَناصُفٍ

بَينَ الأَنامِ وَضاعَ جُهدُ الجاهِدِ

Such are the times, arbitrating without justice

Among people, lost is the effort of the warrior

سَهِدَ الفَتى لِمَطالِبٍ ما نالَها

وَأَصابَها مَّن باتَ لَيسَ بِساهِدِ

The youth exerted himself for goals he did not attain

While the inactive gained them not stirring a finger