1. أَرى الأَرضَ فيها دَولَةٌ مُضَرِيَّةٌ

    يَكونُ دَمُ الباغي عَداوَتَها مِضرا

    I see upon the earth a Mudarite dynasty;

    The blood of whoever seeks enmity toward it is left unavenged.

  2. وَأَردِيَةٍ بيضاً تَبَدَّلَ أَهلُها

    بِحُكمِكَ رَبَّ الناسِ أَردِيَةٍ خُضرا

    And white robes—their wearers have exchanged them,

    By Your decree, Lord of humankind, for green robes.

  3. وَقَد زَعَموا أَنَّ القِرانَ مُغَيِّرٌ

    مُلوكَ بَني النَضرِ الأُلى مَلَكوا النَضرا

    And they have claimed that the planetary conjunction changes

    The kings of the sons of al-Nadr, who possessed gold.

  4. وَما أَعفَتِ الأَيّامُ بَدواً مِنَ الرَدى

    وَلا حَضَراً فَاِسأَل بَداً عَنهُ وَالحَضرا

    And the days have not spared nomads from death,

    Nor townsfolk—so ask nomads and townsfolk about it.