جاءَ القِرانُ وَأَمُ اللَهِ أَرسَلَهُ
وَكانَ سِترٌ عَلى الأَديانِ فَاِنخَرَقا
The Quran came and Allah sent it
It was a veil over religions, so they tore
ما أُبرِمَ المُلكُ إِلّا عادَ مُنتَقَضاً
وَلا تَأَلَّفَ إِلّا شَتَّ وَاِفتَرَقا
No kingdom was established except it crumbled
No group allied except they separated and differed
مَذاهِبٌ جَعَلوها مِن مَعايِشِهِم
مَن يُعمِلِ الفَِكرَ فيها تُعطِهِ الأَرقا
They made sects out of their livelihoods
Whoever contemplates them, they give anxiety
إِحذَر سَليلَكَ فَالنارُ الَّتي خَرَجَت
مِن زِندِها إِن أَصابَت عودَهُ اِحتَرَقا
Warn your offspring, for the fire that came out
If it hits its wood it will burn
وَكُلُّنا قَومُ سوءٍ لا أَخِصُّ بِهِ
بَعضَ الأَنامِ وَلَكِن أَجمَعُ الفِرقا
And all of us are evil people, I do not
Specify some of the people, but all the sects
لا تَرجُوَنَّ أَخاً مِنهُم وَلا وَلَداً
وَإِن رَأَيتَ حَياءً أَسبَغَ العَرَقا
You do not expect a brother or a son from them
And if you see modesty, it pours sweat
وَالنَفسُ شَرٌّ مِنَ الأَعداءِ كُلِّهُمُ
وَإِن خَلَت بِكَ يَوماً فَاِحتَرِز فَرَقا
And the soul is worse than all the enemies
And if it was alone with you one day, beware of division
كَم سَيِّدٍ بارِقُ الجَدوى بِمَيسِمِهِ
ساوَوا بِهِ الجَدِيَ عِندَ الحَتفِ وَالبَرَقا
How many masters, their glory sparkles,
Were equalized with the lowly at death and lightning
إِن رُمتَ مِن شَيخٍ رَهطٍ في دِيانَتِهِ
دَليلَ عَقلٍ عَلى ما قالَهُ خَرَقا
If you throw at an old man, a religious gang
Evidence of a mind, about what he said, a tear
وَكَيفَ أَجني وَلَم يُرِق لَهُم غُصني
وَالغُصنُ لَم يُجنَ حَتّى أُلبِسَ الوَرَقا
And how can I harvest when their branch did not bloom for me
The branch is not harvested until it is clothed with leaves
عَزَّ المُهَيمِنُ كَم مِن راحَةٍ بُتِكَت
ظُلماً وَكانَ سِواها يَأخُذُ السَرَقا
Honored is the All-Dominant, how many times a comfort was destroyed
Unjustly while its like would take the theft
وَالدُرُّ لاقى المَنايا في أَكُفِّهِمُ
وَكم ثَوى البَحرَ لا يَخشى بِهِ غَرَقا
And pearls met their doom in their palms
And how much the sea embraced without fearing drowning
مَينٌ يُرَدَّدُ لَم يَرضوا بِباطِلِهِ
حَتّى أَبانوا إِلى تَصديقِهِ طُرُقا
Who is ambiguous is not satisfied with his falsehood
Until they clarified ways to believe him
لا رُشدَ فَاِصمُت وَلا تَسأَلهُم رِشداً
فَاللُبُّ في الأُنسِ طَيفٌ زائِرٌ طَرَقا
No sanity - be silent and do not ask them for sanity
For felicity in companionship is a passing specter, it knocked and left
وَآكِلُ القَوتِ لَم يُعدَم لَهُ عَنَتاً
وَشارِبُ الماءِ لَم يَأمَن بِهِ شَرَقا
And the eater of food does not lack suffering
And the drinker of water does not safely swallow
وَناظِرُ العَينِ وَالدُنِّيا رُئِيَت
ما إِن دَرى أَسواداً حَلَّ أَم زَرَقا
And the seer of the eye and world, it is seen
He does not know whether blackness came or blueness
إِذا كَشَفتَ عَنِ الرِهبانِ حالَهُمُ
فَكُلُّهُم يَتَوَخّى التِبرَ وَالوَرِقا
If you uncover the state of the monks
All of them seek the garb and paper
