إلى متى الإنسان لا يرعوي

إلى متى الإنسان لا يرعوي

عن التمادي في جهالاتهِ

عن التمادي في جهالاتهِ

How long will man fail to desist

For how long shall man not refrain

From persisting in his follies?

From going too far in his ignorance

يرى وجودَ الخلق من أجلهِ

يرى وجودَ الخلق من أجلهِ

والكونَ مخلوقاً لمرضاته

والكونَ مخلوقاً لمرضاته

He thinks creation exists for his sake,

He sees all creation made just for him

And the universe was created for his pleasure.

And the universe created for his pleasure

وهو كليل العزم أوهَى القوى

وهو كليل العزم أوهَى القوى

مستضعف الهمة في ذاتهِ

مستضعف الهمة في ذاتهِ

Yet he is feeble in resolve, frailest in strength,

Yet he is of feeble will and weakened strength

Weak-willed in his very being;

Of little ambition within himself

وبعض ما يرميه بالضعف قد

وبعض ما يرميه بالضعف قد

يعجز حتماً عن مباراته

يعجز حتماً عن مباراته

Yet some of what he calls weak, he may

And some that he sees as weak

Indeed be unable to match.

Would surely surpass him in contest