1. Convey to Abū Salamah a messenger that alarms him
Even if he has settled with a lote-tree and my family with common mallow

2. A messenger from Imri' al-Qays who gifted you sincere advice
For a group of men were stingy with your honor so deny them

3. If they direct you to an improper dwelling
Harsh, do not take it up and turn away

4. Do not eat what they feed you, verily
They only came to you for their rites with sweetmeats

5. The escape to safety is not like one who escaped to safety
As one who escaped into the vulva of a poisonous fish openly

6. Without his lower garment, displaying himself as a witness for you
You brought him into the house but he did not get dressed

7. I then see you have become an open enemy of the people
It is said to him from behind, turn around and turn back

8. And I was informed that they made you take an oath
And that is isolation from the neighbors in isolation

9. Kilāna is an enemy, if he sees in his enemy
Vulnerability, while each one in enmity is unforgiving

10. When we meet, the intimacy of our conversation is
Silent with a glance, like the full moon rising

11. So take it, for it is no scheme for the honored one
In it is speech for one who is submissive

12. And I was informed that ʿĀmir has forbidden himself from bathing
And that I am pleased with you as long as you do not become senile

13. The people have known what Khawalid has over Khālid
Among the people of grace and favor

14. So if a hater has taken darkness from you
Then healing his hatred is your sword, so kill him