أَلَستَ تَرى الناسَ مثل الظِّباء

أَلَستَ تَرى الناسَ مثل الظِّباء

يُسدُّ سَبيلهم بِالشَّرَك

يُسدُّ سَبيلهم بِالشَّرَك

Do you not see that people are like gazelles,

Do you not see people like deer

their path blocked by snares?

Their path blocked by idolatry

فبينا تُفارِقُ خلاً فُوَاقاً

فبينا تُفارِقُ خلاً فُوَاقاً

أُتيتَ فَقيلَ فُلانٌ هَلَك

أُتيتَ فَقيلَ فُلانٌ هَلَك

And scarcely have you parted from a friend for a moment

While you abandon an empty valley

when you are approached and told, 'So-and-so has died.'

You are told so-and-so has perished