تَسَوَّقوا بِالغِنا لِرَبِّهِمُ

وَأَظهَروا خَيفَةً لَهُ وَدَعوا

They bartered with songs for their Lord

And showed Him false piety, beseeching Him.

سَعوا لِدُنياهُم بِآخِرَةٍ

فَبِئسَ ما حاوَلوا غَداةَ سَعوا

They sought the life of this world with the next,

So evil is that which they pursued at dawn when they hastened.

وَخَلَّفوا العَقلَ مِن وَرائِهِم

وَاِستَودَعوا كُلَّ سَوأَةٍ فَرَعوا

And they left reason behind them

And undertook every evil deed recklessly.

وَلَم يَعوا ما يَقولُ واعِظُهُم

لَكِنَّ قَولَ المُخَرِّصينَ وَعَوا

They did not heed what their preacher said to them,

Rather, they obeyed the words of those who make light.

مِثلُ تُيوسِ المَعيزِ نازِيَةً

وَلَم يُضاهوا الفُحولَ حينَ قَعوا

They are like well-fed camels, yearning for more,

And they did not equal the noble ones when they fell.