منْ قبلِ أنْ تمسوا ونصفٌ منهمُ

في الفاسقينَ ونصفهمْ كفّارُ

Before the night is halfway gone they will be

Half of them libertines and half infidels.

حاشاهمُ مِنْ ذا وذا لكنَّ مَنْ

عدمَ الديانةَ قالَ ما يختارُ

Far be it from so-and-so, but he who

Lacks faith has said what he chooses.