أُرائيكَ فَليَغفِر لِيَ اللَهُ زَلَّتي

بِذاكَ وَدينُ العالَمينَ رِياءُ

May God forgive me my lapse,

for so deceit is the faith of all people.

وَقَد يُخلِفُ الإِنسانُ ظَنَّ عَشيرِهِ

وَإِن راقَ مِنهُ مَنظَرٌ وَرُواءُ

And a man may fail his kinsmen's hopes of him

though he be pleasing of face and eloquent.

إِذا قَومُنا لَم يَعبُدوا اللَهَ وَحدَهُ

بِنُصحٍ فَإِنّا مِنهُمُ بُرَآءُ

When a people worship not God alone

with good counsel, we are quit of them.