عدتْ على أقوامنا النحوسُ

وضلَّلتهم هذهِ الكؤوسُ

Misfortune has returned to our people,

And these cups have led them astray.

فانقلبتْ في الأرجلِ الرؤوسُ

وخُرِّبَ العقلُ بها والكيسُ

Heads have been turned into feet,

Wits and reason destroyed by them.

فجلهم بينَ الورى بئيسُ

النصحُ يا قومي هو النفيسُ

Most of them are miserable among people.

Good advice, O my people, is precious.

والغيُّ تعمى عندهُ النفوسُ

فبصِّروها فالهدى مطموسُ

Evil blinds souls.

So make them see, for guidance is obscured.

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We have given an example, so judge accordingly.