تَظُنُّ أَن يُفعَلَ بِها فاقِرَةٌ

Dreading a looming catastrophe.

كَلّا إِذا بَلَغَتِ التَّراقِيَ

When it has reached the collarbones.

وَقيلَ مَن ۜ راقٍ

And it will be asked, ‘Is there a healer?’

وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ الفِراقُ

Then comes the realization that it’s time to depart.

وَالتَفَّتِ السّاقُ بِالسّاقِ

As one leg intertwines with the other.

فَلا صَدَّقَ وَلا صَلّىٰ

He neither believed nor prayed.

وَلـٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلّىٰ

Instead, he denied and turned away.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلىٰ أَهلِهِ يَتَمَطّىٰ

Then he returned to his family, full of self-importance.

أَولىٰ لَكَ فَأَولىٰ

Woe to you, then woe!

ثُمَّ أَولىٰ لَكَ فَأَولىٰ

Then, woe to you, and woe!