1. I said to Amr the coward,
Enjoy it, O dreamer of wishes,

2. You have not stayed in an abode,
Except you have left an abode,

3. And he who is imprisoned,
By his homelands is afflicted,

4. Sitting lazily, so she knows,
Nothing but the spindle,

5. Do you not see the bird in,
Its nests shaking,

6. Using the south in,
Its wing and the north,

7. Leaving behind it,
A dove and nut,

8. Either it gains a morsel,
Of its food or chaff,

9. And fate destined,
Only the separated understand,

10. When I saw humiliation,
Bare its teeth angrily,

11. I consulted my will, what do you think,
It said take it and go on,

12. Either a ransom for salvation,
Or a sacrifice without value.