لِلدَهرِ يا أَبناءَ مَعمَرٍ

لَكُم ذُنوبٌ لَيسَ تُغفَر

O sons of long-lived forebears, for time

You have sins that will not be forgiven

أَعطاكُمُ الجَمَّ الجَزي

لَ وَكُنتُمُ بِالمَنعِ أَجدَر

He gave you bountifully, generously

Yet withholding would have better suited you

وَوَليتُمُ الدُنيا فَأُل

فيتُم مِنَ الحَجّاجِ أَجوَر

You took the world, so it cheated you

And you took from the pilgrims their wages

في كُلِّ صُقعٍ مِنكُمُ

وَالٍ ظَلومٌ قَد تَعَمَّر

In every region among you

Is an unjust ruler who has grown old

مُتَجَبِّراً ما خَوَّفو

هُ بِرَبِّهِ إِلّا تَجَبَّر

Arrogant, frightened only

By his pride, not his Lord the Great

مُتَنَمِّرَ الأَخلاقِ كَال

لَيثِ الغَضوبِ إِذا تَنَمَّر

Ill-natured as an angry lion

When it is enraged and growls

وَلَقَد أَذالَ بِصَرفِهِ

مِن عُصبَةٍ مِنكُم فَأَعذَر

Many defectors has he humiliated

With his power, so I will excuse him

فَسَيَلحَقَنَّ بِمَن تَقد

دَمَ النَوائِبِ مَن تَأَخَّر

For they will be overtaken by fate

Who lagged behind the tribulations

تِهتُم عَلى المُستَضعَفي

نَ تَكَبُّراً وَاللَهُ أَكبَر

You tyrannize the weak

With arrogance, though God is greater

وَغَدَوتُمُ ذا قُدرَةٍ

فَفَتَكتُمُ وَاللَهُ أَقدَر

And when empowered

You raged, though God is more powerful

لَكُمُ صَحائِفُ ريبَةٍ

تُجزَونَ فيها يَومَ تُنشَر

You have dubious records

For which you will be judged when spread

وَقَبيحُ آثارٍ عَلى

أَعقابِكُم تُروى وَتُؤثَر

Ugly traces of you remain

Reported and influencing

قَومٌ يُضامُ الجارُ في

أَبياتِهِم وَالعَهدُ يُخفَر

A people whose neighbor is wronged

In their homes, pacts broken

عُرِفوا بِكُفرانِ الصَني

عِ وَهُم لِصُنعِ اللَهِ أَكفَر

Known for black ingratitude

To God's favors they are unthankful

وَاِستَحسَنوا نَقضَ العُهودِ فَهُ

م مِنَ الأَيّامِ أَغدَر

And breaking covenants they love

So perfidy makes them vilest