أَرى السَرِقاتِ في كَفرٍ وَمِصرٍ

أَتَتكَ بِحَليِ أَسوارٍ وَحِجلِ

I see thefts in unbelief and Egypt

Brought you bracelets of walls and anklets

وَلَيسا مِن نُضارٍ بَل حَديدٌ

وَقَد حَكَما بِقَطعِ يَدٍ وَرِجلِ

Yet not of youth but iron they are

And they have ruled to cut off hand and leg

جَرَرتَ الذَيلَ في سَفَهِ المَخازي

فَلَيتَكَ نافِرٌ ذَيّالَ إِجلِ

You dragged your tail in foolish vanities

Would that you were averse, delaying absurdly

يَشِبُّ الحَربَ مُشتاقٌ إِلَيها

يَحُثُّ عَلى الهِياجِ وَعَنهُ تُجلي

Eager for war, desiring it

Urging on fury while from it you recoil

وَما تَثني المَقادِرُ عَن مُرادٍ

بِما جَمَّعَت مِن خَيلٍ وَرَجلِ

Fate does not refrain from what is willed

By what you gathered of horse and foot