راعَتكَ دُنياكَ مِن ريعَ الفُؤادُ وَما

راعَتكَ في العَيشِ مِن حُسنِ المُراعاةِ

Your world cared for you with the plentitude of affection, yet cared not for you in life with kindness and regard,

As if today a servant seeks a maid from a night when both worked hard in cooperation,

كَأَنَّما اليَومُ عَبدٌ طالِبٌ أَمَةً

مِن لَيلَةٍ قَد أَجَدّا في المُساعاةِ

Yet your wicked mother did not protect you through any cause; rather she lost you in all kinds of ways,

Dwellings are built for finite lifetimes, demolished by time in breaths and hours,

وَأُمُّكَ السوءُ لَم تَحفَظكَ في سَبَبٍ

لا بَل أَضاعَتكَ أَصنافَ الإِضاعاتِ

If you want to meet Iblis submitting with the sword striking, then go to the groups,

You will find them in contradictory sayings, deviating from the truth, and secrets being divulged,

تَبني المَنازِلَ أَعمارٌ مُهَدَّمَةٌ

مِنَ الزَمانِ بِأَنفاسٍ وَساعاتِ

They undertake immoralities even if sincere, and obeying their whims,

They said, and we said, claims that bring us no benefit, except harm and disputing in litigation,

إِن شِئتَ إِبليسَ أَن تَلقاهُ مُنصَلِتاً

بِالسَيفِ يَضرِبُ فَاِعمِد لِلجَماعاتِ

People earned through their bodies, so they degraded their souls with sins in their occupations,

And they sought provision through mouths, so they strove in attracting benefits through prose or rhyme.

تَجِدهُمُ في أَقاويلٍ مُخالِفَةٍ

وَجهَ الصَوابِ وَأَسرارٍ مُذاعاتِ

يُباكِرونَ بِأَلبابٍ وَإِن خَلُصَت

مَعصِيَّةٍ وَبِأَهواءٍ مُطاعاتِ

قالوا وَقُلنا دَعاوٍ ما تُفيدُ لَنا

إِلّا الأَذى وَاِختِصاماً في المُداعاةِ

تَكَسَّبَ الناسُ بِالأَجسامِ فَاِمتَهَنوا

أَرواحَهُم بِالرَزايا في الصِناعاتِ

وَحاوَلوا الرِزقَ بِالأَفواهِ فَاِجتَهَدوا

في جَذبِ نَفعٍ بِنَظمٍ أَو سِجاعاتِ