1. دَع أيها العربيُّ سوقَ عكاظِ

    وزخارفَ الأشعارِ والألفاظِ

    Leave, O Arab, the market of ʿUkāẓ,

    and the embellishments of poetry and words.

  2. وارجع إلى عهدِ الفتوحِ فإنهُ

    أَولى بحفظِ كرامةٍ وحفاظ

    And return to the age of conquests, for it is

    more fitting for preserving dignity and a sense of honor.

  3. لا خيرَ في القرآنِ ما لم يحمِهِ

    سيفٌ يرقُّ على رقاب غلاظ

    There is no good in the Qur’an unless it is guarded by

    a sword that grows fine-edged upon thick necks.

  4. تشكو الهوانَ ولا تثورُ حميَّةً

    وتلينُ دون الحقِّ للأفظاظ

    You lament humiliation, yet do not rise in zeal for honor,

    and, in defending what is right, yield to the brutal.

  5. حتَّامَ ترقدُ غافلاً مُستَسلِماً

    وتقولُ تلكَ من الزمانِ أحاظي

    How long will you slumber, heedless and submissive,

    and say, “Such are the fortunes time has allotted me”?

  6. فبدارِ ما للمرءِ إلا ما سَعَى

    والعصرُ للتنبيهِ والإيقاظ

    So hasten! One has only what one has striven for,

    and the age calls for rousing and awakening.

  7. هلا اتَّعظتَ أو افتَدَيت بمعشرٍ

    يلتفُّ حولَ منابرِ الوعَّاظ

    Why have you not taken heed, or redeemed yourself through a community

    that gathers around the preachers’ pulpits?