أَتَدري النُجومُ بِما عِندَنا

وَتَشكو مِنَ الأَينِ أَسفارَها

Do the stars know what we have,

And complain of the pain of their journeys,

وَتَغبِطُ غانِيَةً في النِسا

ءِ تَعبِطُ في بَيتِها فارَها

And envy a singing girl among women

Singing frivolously in her house?

بَني آدَمٍ كُلُّكُم ظالِمٌ

فَما تُنصِفُ العَينُ أَشفارَها

O children of Adam, all of you are wrongdoers,

So the eye is not fair to its lashes.

وَقَد أَهِلَت بِالخَنى دارُكُم

فَلا أَبعَدَ اللَهُ إِقفارَها

And your house has been filled with treason,

So may God not make it empty.

وَيَلهَمُ نُسّاكَها تُربُها

كَما ظَلَّ يَلهَمُ كُفّارَها

And its devotees are inspired by its soil

As the infidels continued to be inspired.

فَهَل قامَ مِن لَحدِهِ مَيِّتٌ

يَعيبُ عَلى النَفسِ إِخفارَها

Has anyone risen from his grave

To denounce the soul for letting him down?

يَقولُ جَنَينا ذُنوباً لَنا

وَجَدنا المُهَيمِنَ غَفّارَها

Saying: "We have committed sins,"

And we found the Overseer to be Forgiving.

كَأَنَّ حَياةَ الفَتى لَيلَةٌ

يُرَجّي أَخو اللُبِّ إِسفارَها

It is as if the life of a young man is a night

That the intimate friend hopes will end.

مَضى المَرءُ موسى وَأَضحَت يَهو

دُ تَتلو عَلى الدَهرِ أَسفارَها

Man has passed like Moses, and Judaism became

Reciting to time its scriptures.

نُقَلِّمُ لِلنُسكِ أَظفارَنا

وَطَوَّلَتِ الهِندُ أَظفارَها

We clip our nails for devotion

While India has grown its nails long.