المَينُ أَهلَكَ فَوقَ الأَرضِ ساكِنِها

فَما تَصادَقَ في أَبنائِها الشِيَعُ

Dissension destroyed the inhabitants of the earth,

So the sects did not befriend one another among them.

لَولا عَداوَةُ أَصلٍ فة طِباعِهِمُ

كانَت مَساجِدَ مَقروناً بِها البِيَعُ

Were it not for the enmity rooted in their nature,

Their mosques and churches would have been adjacent.