نُفوسٌ تُشابِهُ أَصحابَها

نُفوسٌ تُشابِهُ أَصحابَها

عَتَوا في زَمانِهِمُ إِذ عَتَت

عَتَوا في زَمانِهِمُ إِذ عَتَت

Souls resemble their owners;

Souls resemble their masters

They grew insolent in their day, when their souls grew insolent.

They rebelled in their time when they rebelled

وَما يَرتَضي اللُبُّ عِندَ البَيانِ

وَما يَرتَضي اللُبُّ عِندَ البَيانِ

لا ما أَتوهُ وَلا ما أَتَت

لا ما أَتوهُ وَلا ما أَتَت

And reason, when matters are made clear, approves

And the heart is not content with eloquence

Neither what they did nor what the souls did.

Neither what they came with, nor what came to them