1. I advised you, O Muhammad, though my counsel
Is cheap, my friend, for a true friend's sake,
١. نَصَحتُكَ يا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ نُصحي
رَخيصٌ يا رَفيقي لِلصَديقِ
2. Yet you did not accept it, and how much good advice
Has been wasted, and one turned from the clear path.
٢. فَلَم تَقبَل وَكَم مِن نُصحِ وُدٍّ
أُضيعَ فَحادَ عَن وَضَحِ الطَريقِ