باللهِ إنْ غنيتهِمْ فتبرقَعي

يا نزهةَ الأسماعِ لا الأبصارِ

In God's name, though you sang to them, my songs were lost on them.

Oh, delight of ears, not eyes!

غنيتِ سافرةً لهمْ فقلوبهُمْ

في جنةٍ وعيونُهُمْ في نارِ

You sang plainly to them, yet their hearts

Are in paradise while their eyes are in hellfire.