يا مَن أَتَى يَخرُصُ الزَّيتُونَ فَارغَةً

وَيَستَدِلُّ عَلَى مَا فَاتَ بِالوَرَقِ

O you who came to pick olives while the trees were bare,

And deduced what was past from the leaves that were there,

أَتَعلَمُ الغَيبَ دونَ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمُ

لا والَّذي خَلَقَ الإِنسانَ مِن عَلَقِ

Do you know what's unseen, beyond all other men?

No, by Him who made humans from a clinging clot!

وَإِنَّما أَنتَ فيها تَستَدِلُّ بِهِ

كَثَاقِبِ الدُّرِّ فِي داجٍ مِنَ الغَسَقِ

You just infer from the signs that you see within;

Like one piercing pearls in a pitch-dark night.

فَتُب إِلى اللَهِ وَاحذَر مِن عَوَاقِبِه

مَن يَركَبِ البَحرَ لا يَأمَن مِنَ الغَرَقِ

So turn to God, beware what your acts lead you to,

One who dares the sea is not safe from the drowning dew.