سُفَهاءَ قَومي في المَحَبَّةِ سَفَّهوا

رَأيي وِبِالتَمويهِ عَنّي مَوَّهوا

My people were foolish in love, they acted foolishly

They obscured my opinion and cloaked it

وَتَحامَلوا حَسَداً عَلَيَّ وَدَنَّسوا

عَرَضي بِزَورِ القَولِ وَهوَ مُنَزَّهُ

They were unjustly envious of me and defiled

My honor with false words though it is pure

وَتَواجَدوا مِن غَيرِ وَجدٍ وَاِدَّعوا

أَنّي دَعِيَّ في الهَوى مُتَشَبِّهُ

They congregated without purpose and falsely claimed

That I am a pretender in love, pretending

وَبِدونِ مَعرِفَتي العِداةَ تَنَبَّأوا

جَهلاً وَلَو فازوا بِها لَتَأَلَّهوا

And without knowing me the enemies prophesied

In ignorance, and had they succeeded they would have been deified

وَلَهو بِلَهوِ القَولِ عَن جِدٍّ إِلى

جَدٍّ وَفي تيهِ الضَلالِ تَوَلَّهوا

And they raved from sincerity to

Sincerity, lost in the wilderness of error

وَلَو اِنَّهُم آووا إِلى كَهفي الَّذي

أَنا راقِدٌ فيهِ عَلَيَّ تَنَبَّهوا

If only they had come to my cave in which

I lie, they would have been awakened to me