أَقيمي لا أَعَدُّ الحَجَّ فَرضاً

عَلى عُجُزِ النِساءِ وَلا العَذارى

I stand, I no longer consider the Hajj an obligation

Upon the incapacity of women and virgins

فَفي بَطحاءِ مَكَّةَ سِرُّ قَومٍ

وَلَيسوا بِالحُماةِ وَلا الغَيارى

For in the valley of Mecca is the secret of a people

Who are neither protectors nor zealots

وَإِنَّ رِجالَ شَيبَةَ سادِنيها

إِذا راحَت لِكَعبَتِها الجِمارا

And the elders of Shaybah who reside there

When she travels to her Kaaba, the pyre

قِيامٌ يَدفَعونَ الوَفدَ شَفعاً

إِلى البَيتِ الحَرامِ وَهُم سُكارى

A standing that drives away the delegation in pairs

To the Sacred House, while they are drunk

إِذا أَخَذوا الزَوائِفَ أَولَجوهُم

وَلَو كانوا اليَهودَ أَو النَصارى

When they took dividends, they drove them

Even if they were Jews or Christians

مَتى آداكِ خَيرٌ فَاِفعَليهِ

وَقولي إِن دَعاكِ البِرُّ آرا

Whenever good comes to you, do it

And say if righteousness calls you, "I see."

فَلَو قيلَ الغُواةُ عَرَفتِ كَشفي

مِنَ الكَذِب المُمَوَّهِ ما تَوارى

So if the transgressors were told, "You recognize the revelation

Of the veiled lie what was hidden

وَلا تَثِقي بِما صَنَعوا وَصاغوا

فَقَد جاءَت خُيولُهُمُ تَبارى

Neither trust what they have made nor wrought

Their horses have come competing

جَرَت زَمَناً وَتَسكُنُ بَعدَ حينٍ

وَأَقضِيَةُ المُهَيمِنِ لا تُجارى

It flowed for a while and settles after a while

And the purpose of the All-Dominant cannot be matched

لَعَلَّ قِرانَ هَذا النَجمِ يَثني

إِلى طُرُقِ الهُدى أُمَماً حَيارى

Maybe the conjunction of this star will incline

To the paths of guidance nations astray

فَقَد أَودى بِهِم سَغَبٌ وَظِمءٌ

وَأَينُقُهُم بِمَتلَفَةٍ حَسارى

For they were destroyed by aridity and thirst

And their belvederes with fine gravel

وَما أَدري أَمَن فَوقَ المَهارى

أَلَبُّ إِذا نَظَرتُ أَمِ المَهارى

And I do not know if above the skilled

I yearn when I look at the mother of the skilled

أَتَتهُم دَولَةٌ قَهَرَت وَعَزَّت

فَباتوا في ضَلالَتِها أُسارى

A state came upon them that subjugated and dignified

So they spent the night in its misguidance captive

وَظَنّوا الطُهرَ مُتَّصِلاً بِقَومٍ

وَأُقسِمُ أَنَّهُم غَيرُ الطَهارى

And they thought purity connected to a people

And I swear they are not the pure

وَما كَرِيَت عُيونُ الناسِ جَمعاً

وَلَكِن في دُجُنَّتِها تَكارى

And people's eyes never saw everyone

But in its shadows they mingle

لَهُم كَلِمٌ تُخالِفُ ما أَجَنّوا

صُدورَهُمُ بِصِحَّتِهِ تَمارى

They have a word that contradicts what they harbored

In their breasts with its validity they contend