أَمَلَّ حَبيبٌ أَدَلَّ

وَسِترُ الضَلالِ اِنسَدَل

A lover hoped and confessed

And the veil of misguidance fell

عَلى ما تَناظَرتُمُ

فَقَد طالَ هَذا الجَدَل

Regarding what you have seen

This argument has been too long

تَعَلّيكُمُ في الأُمو

رِ ما هُوَ إِلّا تَدَل

Your excesses in matters

Are but missteps after all

وَكُلُّكُمُ ظالِمٌ

فَهَل مِن تَقِيٍّ عَدَل

Yet each of you is unjust

Is there a fair and pious one at all?

وَتَهلِكُ ذاتُ الكَرا

وَتَهلِكُ ذاتُ الخَدَل

The obstinate will perish

As will the flexible one

تَقادَمَ شَخصٌ مَضى

فَأُحدِثَ مِنهُ البَدَل

A figure passed away

And a substitute took its place

وَما صَحَّ إِلّا اِمرُؤٌ

تَصَرَّفَ ثُمَّ اِنجَدَل

Nothing prevails except a man

Who acts then lets go

عَلا كاذِبٌ صادِقاً

فَلَيتَ المِزاجَ اِعتَدَل

A liar rose above a truthful one

If only the temperament were just

إِذا هَدَرَ الفَحلُ قي

لَ صَوتُ حَمامٍ هَدَل

When a stallion neighs

The cooing dove falls silent

تَحَيَّرَ مُستَرشِدٌ

فَوفِّقَ لَمّا اِستَدَل

A seeker grew confused

So he succeeded in reasoning