وَ من عَجَبَ
الدَّهرِ أنَّ الغُرابَ يُربّى
وَ صَقرُ الفَضاء يُهجَرُ
وَ النِسُورُ عَلى
بُعدِها
تُطاوِلُها نَملَةٌ تَعثِرُ
فَيا وَيحَ شِعرِي
مَنْ قَدَّموُا
وَ يا لَهفَ نَفسِي مَنْ أخَّروُا
Falsehood's become true ... and chaos has
spread
Liars are upheld ... and good mouths are well weld
Wisdom deserted all ... but a sleepless few
Trance became the norm ... and to reality blindness wed
No freethinking is left ... so long as they were fed
Sleeping most became ... in a rented bed
Don’t step over others ... to reach
a higher end
Love each other so ... to the Truth you’d be led