أَيا مَن إِذا ما رَآهُ الوَرى

أَيا مَن إِذا ما رَآهُ الوَرى

لِما عَرَفوا مُنهُ قالوا مَعاذا

لِما عَرَفوا مُنهُ قالوا مَعاذا

O you—whenever people see you,

O you whom when people see

Because of what they know of you, they say, “God preserve us!”

Because of what they knew of him, they said take refuge

أَراكَ تَلوذُ عَلى فائِتٍ

أَراكَ تَلوذُ عَلى فائِتٍ

وَلَستُ أَرى لَكَ فيهِ مَلاذا

وَلَستُ أَرى لَكَ فيهِ مَلاذا

I see you seeking refuge in what has slipped away,

I see you take refuge in one who is lost

Yet I see no refuge for you in it.

And I do not see for you in him any refuge

طَلَبتَ الجَميعَ فَفاتَ الجَميعُ

طَلَبتَ الجَميعَ فَفاتَ الجَميعُ

فَمِن سوءِ رَأيِكَ لاذا وَلا ذا

فَمِن سوءِ رَأيِكَ لاذا وَلا ذا

You sought everything, and everything slipped away;

You sought all but lost all

So, through your poor judgment, you have neither this nor that.

So from your poor judgment, no refuge or refuge seeker