إِذا أَبْصَرْتَ ناظِرَنَا

إِذا أَبْصَرْتَ ناظِرَنَا

وقد حَفَّتْ بِهِ الخَدَمُ

وقد حَفَّتْ بِهِ الخَدَمُ

If you behold our overseer,

With servants gathered all around him,

فلا يَغْرُرْكَ قَعْقَعَةٌ

فلا يَغْرُرْكَ قَعْقَعَةٌ

كَسَتْهُ مَجَالَها الخُذُمُ

كَسَتْهُ مَجَالَها الخُذُمُ

Do not be deceived by the clatter

With which keen swords, as they sweep, have clothed him.

وجِدْ قِرْطاسَهُ لِتَرَى

وجِدْ قِرْطاسَهُ لِتَرَى

مَقابِحَ خَطَّها القَلَمُ

مَقابِحَ خَطَّها القَلَمُ

And find his paper, so you may see

The ugly faults the pen has traced.

تَجِدْها ثَمَّ شاهدةً

تَجِدْها ثَمَّ شاهدةً

بأَنَّ وجودَه عَدَمُ

بأَنَّ وجودَه عَدَمُ

You will find them there bearing witness

That his existence is nothingness.