طغى دهرُنا بالشبه مذ ضل أهلُهُ

طغى دهرُنا بالشبه مذ ضل أهلُهُ

بذا الشبهِ إن اللَه ليس له شِبْهُ

بذا الشبهِ إن اللَه ليس له شِبْهُ

Our age ran rampant with doubts since its people went astray

Our age is overwhelmed with falsehood since its people went astray

Through this doubt; indeed, God has no likeness.

With this falsehood, indeed God has no likeness

وناحت حَمام الجهل فانغشَّ جاهلٌ

وناحت حَمام الجهل فانغشَّ جاهلٌ

ولم يدر من غَشَّت حمائمُهُ البُلهُ

ولم يدر من غَشَّت حمائمُهُ البُلهُ

And the doves of ignorance lamented, so an ignorant man was deceived;

The pigeons of ignorance cooed and an ignorant man was deceived

Nor did he know whom its foolish doves had deceived.

And did not realize it was his own foolish pigeons that deceived him

فباتت تناجيه حوادثُ دهره

فباتت تناجيه حوادثُ دهره

بكاساتها الملأى وراحاتُها شُدْهُ

بكاساتها الملأى وراحاتُها شُدْهُ

The vicissitudes of his time spent the night whispering to him

So his life's events started whispering to him

With their brimming goblets and their bewildered palms.

With their brimming cups and exhilarating rests

ومالت بعطفيه القيانُ بعَرفها

ومالت بعطفيه القيانُ بعَرفها

إلى صبوةٍ تلهو وأحداثُها تزهو

إلى صبوةٍ تلهو وأحداثُها تزهو

And the singing girls, with their fragrance, swayed his flanks

The cups leaned towards him with their familiarity

Toward youthful passion, frolicking while its happenings shone.

To a morning drink and events that frolic

فَمُذْ هَبَّ من سُكر الخَبال ورَوقه

فَمُذْ هَبَّ من سُكر الخَبال ورَوقه

رأى الدهر لاشيئاً وليس له كُنه

رأى الدهر لاشيئاً وليس له كُنه

Then, when he awoke from the drunkenness of madness and its allure,

Since the intoxication of vanity has evaporated and faded

He saw time as nothing, with no essence;

He saw the age as nothing and it has no essence

وليس له وجهٌ وقد ظن جهلَه

وليس له وجهٌ وقد ظن جهلَه

على أنه من حسنه كله وجه

على أنه من حسنه كله وجه

And it had no face, though in his ignorance he had thought

It has no face and he had thought in his ignorance

That its beauty made it all face.

That its whole beauty was its face