مَا ثَمَّ إِلاَّ مَا رَأَيْ

تَ وَرُبَّمَا تُعْيي السَّلاَمَهْ

There is naught but what mine eyes have seen

And oft the greeting wearies and fatigues

وَالنَّاسُ إِمَّا جَائِرٌ

أَوْ حَائِرٌ يَشْكُو ظُلاَمَهْ

Mankind are either tyrants unjust

Or wandering lost in darkest night

وَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ الْعِزَّ لاَ

تَرْزَأ بَنِي الدُّنْيَا قُلاَمَهْ

If you seek glory scorn earth's petty brood

By Allah none shall bear the brand of shame

وَاللهِ مَا احْتَقَبَ الْحَرِي

صُ سِوَى الذُّنُوبِ أَوِ المَلاَمَهْ

Save for his sins or for his calumnies

Is there any doubt about the threatened doom

هَلْ ثَمَّ شَكٌّ فِي الْمَعَا

دِ الْحَقِّ أَوْ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَهْ

Or that predestined day of reck’ning dire?

Speak out to us, ye men of speech and faith

قُولُوا لَنَا مَا عِنْدَكُمْ

أَهْلَ الْخَطَاَبَةِ وَالإِمَامَهْ