1. I see you following the path of idleness,
When have you, my heart, been misguided?

2. Are you not, my heart, the one who promised me before,
To abandon frivolity? Were you forgetful?

3. Reconsider, O heart, and avoid passion,
For passion means you are fallen.

4. You loved a gazelle and thought it virtuous,
When have you, my heart, known the unseen?

5. By Allah, I do not know if you will wake up angry,
At its connection, or wake up content.

6. And if its beautiful face pleases you,
Is its nature, O heart, really pure to you?

7. And here you are, my heart, inviting me to it,
Beware lest one day you complain about it.

8. And if its manners displease you,
Do not blame your wise old guide.

9. And if one day you attain what you hoped for,
Congratulations to you, my heart, for finding what you sought.

10. There, life will be sweet for me and I will enjoy,
The fruits of joy that I hoped for.

11. But the dwellers of tents are fickle,
And it is enough that they betray the loyal.

12. For Harith bin Imru al-Qays betrayed Hinid,
Though she was righteous and faithful to him.

13. And Ju'ayda betrayed the son of the Messenger,
Though she once hoped for what was fleeting.

14. And how many of them have betrayed a loyal husband,
If only there was one among them who was loyal!