قالَ المُنَجِّمُ وَالطَبيبُ كِلاهُما

لا تُحشَرُ الأَجسادُ قُلتُ إِلَيكُما

The astrologer and the doctor both said,

"Bodies will not be resurrected." I said to them,

إِن صَحَّ قَولُكُما فَلَستُ بِخاسِرٍ

أَو صَحَّ قَولي فَالخُسارُ عَلَيكُما

"If what you say is true, I have lost nothing;

Or if what I say is true, the loss is upon you both."

طَهَّرتُ ثَوبي لِلصَلاةِ وَقَبلَهُ

طُهرٌ فَأَينَ الطُهرُ مِن جَسَدَيكُما

I purified my garment for prayer and faced it;

It is pure. So where is the purity in both your bodies?

وَذَكَرتُ رَبّي في الضَمائِرِ مُؤنِساً

خَلَدي بِذاكَ فَأَوحِشا خَلَدَيكُما

And I remembered my Lord in consciences as a companion;

With that he made my eternity pleasant, while he made both your eternities desolate.

وَبَكرتُ في البَردَينِ أَبغي رَحمَةً

مِنهُ وَلا تُرَعانِ في بُردَيكُما

And I woke up early in the two cold seasons seeking mercy from Him,

While you two are not protecting yourselves from the cold in your two garments.

إِن لَم تَعُد بِيَدي مَنافِعُ بِالَّذي

آتي فَهَل مِن عائِدٍ بِيَدَيكُما

If the benefits do not return to me by what I do,

Is there one who can bring them back by your two hands?

بُردُ التَقِيِّ وَإِن تَهَلَّلَ نَسجُهُ

خَيرٌ بِعِلمِ اللَهِ مِن بُردَيكُما

The cold of the pious, even if its weave is worn out,

Is better, by God's knowledge, than both your garments.