جِسمِيَ أَودى مَرُ السِنينَ بِهِ

فَلتَطلُبِ النَفسُ مَنزِلاً بَدَلَه

My body has been worn down by the passing years

So let the soul seek a dwelling to replace it

ما كَرِهَت مَأثَماً وَلا فَعَلَت

خَيراً وَعادَت مُسيئَةً جَدِلَه

It has done no wrong nor good

And remains disputatious in its ways

وَالناسُ لا يَصلُحونَ ما طَلَعَت

شَمسٌ وَما أَرسَلَ الدُجى سُدُلَه

People cannot fix what the sun has revealed

Nor what the night has hidden in its darkness

ما عَدِمَ الجائِرونَ عِندَهُم

تَأَلِّياً أَنَّهُم مِنَ العَدَلَه

The unjust lack nothing in their eyes

Though they are far from justice

وَالعُلوِيُّ البِصرِيُّ كانَ بِهِم

أَعرَفَ مِنهُم وَاللُبُّ يَشهَدُ لَه

Al-Uloowi Al-Basri was the most knowing of them

Though their minds testify against him