نَزَلتَ عَنِ الكُمَيتِ إِلى كُمَيتٍ

نَزَلتَ عَنِ الكُمَيتِ إِلى كُمَيتٍ

أَلا بِئسَ الخَليفَةُ وَالبَديلُ

أَلا بِئسَ الخَليفَةُ وَالبَديلُ

You dismounted from the bay steed for dark-red wine.

You descended from a heap to a heap

Ah, what a wretched successor and substitute!

Alas, what an awful successor and substitute!

ظَلَمتَ بِها حِجاكَ بِغَيرِ ذَنبٍ

ظَلَمتَ بِها حِجاكَ بِغَيرِ ذَنبٍ

فَخَف إِنَّ العُقولَ لَها سَديلُ

فَخَف إِنَّ العُقولَ لَها سَديلُ

With it you wronged your reason, though it was blameless.

You wronged its pilgrims without any guilt

So beware, for minds have a veil.

So beware, minds do have consequences