1. سُقينا بِفَضلِ اللَهِ وَالأَرضُ مَنزِلٌ

    يَحُلُّ بِهِ مَن لَيسَ أَهلاً لِأَن يُسقى

    We were given water by God's grace, and the earth is a dwelling

    where dwells one unworthy of being given water.

  2. وَما طَهَّرَت بِالعُشرِ خَمسَةَ أَوسُقٍ

    نُفوسٌ أَقَلَّت مِن مَآثِمِها وِسقا

    Nor have five loads been purified with a tithe

    by souls that bore a load of their sins.

  3. وَفي كُلِّ أَرضٍ أُمَّةٌ جَعَلوا التُقى

    هِيَ الشيمَةُ الشَنعاءُ وَاِستَحسَنوا الفِسقا

    And in every land are people who have made piety

    a loathsome trait, and deemed wickedness good.