سل أَضلَّ اللَه سَعيَكُمُ

سل أَضلَّ اللَه سَعيَكُمُ

كَم تَركنون إِلى تَمويه غدّارِ

كَم تَركنون إِلى تَمويه غدّارِ

Ask—may God bring your efforts to naught!

Ask those whom Allah has led astray,

How long will you rely on a traitor’s deception?

How much they leave for misleading tomorrow's dawn.

رَمى بِلادَكُمُ في قُعر هاوية

رَمى بِلادَكُمُ في قُعر هاوية

مِن الدُيون عَلى مَرغوب حوسيار

مِن الدُيون عَلى مَرغوب حوسيار

He cast your country into the depths of an abyss

Your countries are thrown into the depths of an abyss,

Of debt, for what Husiyar desired.

Of debts for the sake of a covetous scoundrel.

وَأَنفق المال لا بُخلاً وَلا كَرَماً

وَأَنفق المال لا بُخلاً وَلا كَرَماً

عَلى بَغيٍّ وَقوّادٍ وَأَشرار

عَلى بَغيٍّ وَقوّادٍ وَأَشرار

And he spent the money, neither out of stinginess nor generosity,

And money is spent neither stingily nor generously,

On a prostitute, a pimp, and evildoers.

On wickedness, pimps and evildoers.

وَالمَرء يَقنَع في الدُنيا بِواحِدَة

وَالمَرء يَقنَع في الدُنيا بِواحِدَة

مِن النسا وَهوَ لَم يَقنَع بمليار

مِن النسا وَهوَ لَم يَقنَع بمليار

And a man is content in this world with one

And man is satisfied in this life with one,

Of the women, yet he was not content with a billion.

Woman while he is not satisfied with a million.

وَيَكتفي بِبناء واحد وَلَه

وَيَكتفي بِبناء واحد وَلَه

تسعون قصر بِأَخشاب وَأَحجار

تسعون قصر بِأَخشاب وَأَحجار

And one makes do with a single building, yet he has

And is content with building one, while he has

Ninety palaces built with timber and stone.

Ninety palaces of wood and stone.

فَاستيقظوا لا أَقال اللَه عثرتَكم

فَاستيقظوا لا أَقال اللَه عثرتَكم

مِن غَفلة أَلبستكم مَلبسَ العار

مِن غَفلة أَلبستكم مَلبسَ العار

So awaken—may God not pardon your stumble—

So wake up, lest Allah remove your stumbling,

From a heedlessness that has clothed you in the garb of shame.

From the heedlessness that clothed you in garments of shame.