1. عُميانُكُم قَرَأَت عَلى أَجداثِكُم

    وَأَتوا لَكُم بِالبِرِّ مَن آتاكُمُ

    Your blind recited over your graves,

    And brought pious deeds on your behalf to the One who gave to you.

  2. أَحياؤُكُم بَخَلَت عَلَيهِم بِالنَدى

    فَبَغوهُ بِالفُرقانِ مِن مَوتاكُمُ

    Your living begrudged them bounty,

    So they sought it from your dead through the Qur’an.

  3. كَم توعَظونَ فَلا تَلينُ قُلوبُكُم

    فَتَبارَكَ الخَلّاقُ ما أَعتاكُمُ

    How often you are admonished, yet your hearts do not soften!

    So blessed be the Creator—how defiant you are!

  4. لا تَأذَنونَ إِلى النُهاةِ مَصيفَكُم

    وَتُجانِبونَ البِرَّ في مَشتاكُمُ

    You do not listen to admonishers in your summer,

    And you shun righteousness in your winter.

  5. إِنَّ الضَلالَةَ كَالغَريزَةِ فيكُمُ

    يَأوي إِلَيها كَهلُكُم وَفَتاكُمُ

    Indeed, misguidance is like an instinct within you;

    Your middle-aged men and your youths take refuge in it.