ذَكَّرَتني عُقوبَةٌ مِن إِلَهي

فَاِستُطيرَ الفُؤادُ لِلتَذكيرِ

A punishment from my God reminded me,

So my heart took flight to be admonished.

فَكِّري أَنتِ رُبَّما هُديَ الإِن

سانُ لِلمُشكِلاتِ بِالتَفكيرِ

Reflect, you may guide mankind

To the problems through thinking.

ما الَّذي نَستَفيدُ في هَذِهِ الدُنّ

يا بِطولِ الرَواحِ وَالتَبكيرِ

What do we gain in this life

With prolonged travel and early rising?

شَجَرُ العَيشِ مَعدِنٌ لِلرَزايا

أَودَتِ الطَيرَ فيهِ بِالتَوكيرِ

The tree of living is a mine of disasters

Where birds perished by determination.

كُلُّنا غادِرٌ يَميلُ إِلى الظُل

مِ وَصَفوُ الأَيّامِ لِلتَعكيرِ

We are all departing, inclining to the shadows,

And the days are intent on glooming.

وَرِجالُ الأَنامِ مِثلُ الغَواني

غَيرَ فَرقِ التَأنيثِ وَالتَذكيرِ

And people are like the perverse,

Except for the difference of feminizing and masculinizing.

عَرَّفَتني حَتّى شُهِرتُ اللَيالي

ثُمَّ صالَت عَلَيَّ بِالتَنكيرِ

She made me known until the nights were familiar,

Then bid farewell to me with estrangement.

فَاِحسُبيني كَفِضَّةٍ هُذِّبَت في

كُلِّ عَصرٍ بِمَسِّ نارٍ وَكيرِ

So count me as silver refined

In every age with the touch of fire and bellows.

خَلِّصيني مِن ضَنكِ ما أَنا فيهِ

وَاِطرَحيني لِمَنكَرٍ وَنَكيرِ

Deliver me from the straits of where I am

And cast me to the unknown and unrecognizable.

وَاِحذَري مِن أَخيكِ وَالأَبُ وَالأُمِّ

وَشُدّي الرِتاجَ بِالتَسكيرِ

And beware of your brother, father, and mother,

And shut the doors with double locking.