قَد نَدِمنا عَلى القَبيحِ فَأَمسَي

نا عَلى غَيرِ قَهوَةٍ نَتَنادَم

We regret the ugly deeds, so we spend the evening

Lamenting over coffee for what we've done

خالِقٌ لا يُشَكُّ فيهِ قَديمٌ

وَزَمانٌ عَلى الأَنامِ تَقادَم

An undoubted, eternal Creator

And time has advanced over mankind

جائِزٌ أَن يَكونَ آدَمُ هَذا

قَبلَهُ آدَمٌ عَلى إِثرِ آدَم

It's possible that this Adam

Came after another Adam, following Adam

خَدَمَ اللَهَ غَيرُنا وَأَرانا

أَهلَ غَيٍّ لِرَبِّنا نَتَخادَم

Others served God before us, and He showed us

As wicked people to our Lord, quarreling

لَستُ أَنفي عَن قُدرَةِ اللَهِ أَشبا

حَ ضِياءٍ بِغَيرِ لَحمٍ وَلا دَم

I don't deny God's ability to create

Brilliant beings without flesh or blood

وَبَصيرُ الأَقوامِ مِثلِيَ أَعمى

فَهَلِمّوا في حِندِسٍ نَتَصادَم

Yet the sight of people like me is blind

Come in shrouds, let us collide