قَد حُجِبَ النورُ وَالضِياءُ

وَإِنَّما دينُنا رِياءُ

The light and radiance are veiled,

And our religion is but ostentation.

وَهَل يَجودُ الحَيا أُناساً

مُنطَوِياً عَنهُمُ الحَياءُ

Can the serpent be generous to people,

When shyness is hidden from them?

يا عالمَ السَوءِ ما عَلِمنا

أَنَ مُصَلّيكَ أَتقِياءُ

O evil world, we did not know

That your prayers are by the pious.

لا يَكذِبَنَّ اِمرُؤٌ جَهولٌ

ما فيكَ لِلَّهِ أَولِياءُ

No ignorant man will lie,

In you, there are no loyalists for God.

وَيا بِلاداً مَشى عَليها

أُولوا اِفتِقارٍ وَأَغنِياءُ

And O lands, walked upon

By the deprived and the wealthy.

إِذا قَضى اللَهُ بِالمَخازِي

فَكُلُّ أَهليكِ أَشقِياءُ

When God decrees adversities,

All your people are miserable.

كَم وَعَظَ الواعِظونَ مِنّا

وَقامَ في الأَرضِ أَنبِياءُ

How many preachers preached to us,

And prophets stood upon the earth.

فَاِنصَرَفوا وَالبَلاءُ باقٍ

وَلَم يَزُل داؤُكِ العَياءُ

Yet they left while affliction remains,

And your illness of arrogance continues.

حُكمٌ جَرى لِلمَليكِ فينا

وَنَحنُ في الأَصلِ أَغبِياءُ

A ruling has befallen us from the king,

Though we were originally the foolish ones.