ما بِاِختِياري ميلادي وَلا هَرَمي

وَلا حَياتي فَهَل لي بَعدُ تَخييرُ

My birth and aging were not my choice

Nor was my life, so do I have any options left?

وَلا إِقامَةَ إِلّا عَن يَدَي قَدَرٍ

وَلا مَسيرَ إِذا لَم يُقضَ تَسييرُ

No stay but by the hands of fate

No travel unless it has been predetermined

زَعَمتَ أَنَّكَ تَهديني لِواضِحَةٍ

كَذَبتَ هَذا الَّذي تَحكيهِ تَحَييرُ

You claimed you would guide me to clarity

But that is a lie you tell, only leading to confusion

عَيَّرتَ أَمراً فَهَل غَيَّرتَ مُنكَرَهُ

أَم لَيسَ عِندَكَ لِلنَكراءِ تَغييرُ

You rebuked a matter, but did you change its wrong?

Or have you no means to transform the condemned