لَو كُنتُ كَالرائِشِ أَو ذي المَنار
لَعِشتُ في الدُنيا كَثيرَ الشَنار
Had I been like al-Rāʾish or Dhū al-Manār,
I would have lived in this world steeped in disgrace.
وَلَيتَها لَم يَكُ مِن بَعدِها
خَوفُ حِسابٍ وَعِقابٍ بِنار
If only, after this life, there were no
fear of reckoning and punishment by fire.
Sol 5.6