1. My friends, visit Al-Amiriyya and see
If affection for it still remains or is severed

2. And say to it, “If it abandons you, never mind,
But it avoids your neck out of caution.”

3. It sees besides you one who is Godfearing yet intimate with you
And it and he watchfully wait besides you

4. So bar the way and your jaws cannot repel him
Even if they barred the way, he would cling to your ropes