شيخٌ بسَعْدٍ وبِنَحْسٍ له

شيخٌ بسَعْدٍ وبِنَحْسٍ له

كم قادَ أوْبَاشاً من السَّادَهْ

كم قادَ أوْبَاشاً من السَّادَهْ

A sheikh with good fortune and ill fortune of his own—

An old man of Sa'd and good omen,

How many scoundrels among the lords he has led!

How many nobodies has he led!

مَتاعُ زُهْدٍ وَسْطَ سُوقِ الرِّيَا

مَتاعُ زُهْدٍ وَسْطَ سُوقِ الرِّيَا

يُباعُ في حانوتِ سَجَّادَهْ

يُباعُ في حانوتِ سَجَّادَهْ

Wares of asceticism amid the market of ostentation

Merchandise of piety in the market of hypocrisy

Are sold in the shop of a prayer rug.

Is sold in the shop of his prayer rug.