1. سِر فما يلقاكَ في الز

    زَعرورِ ما يوحشُ قَلبي

    Go, for nothing will meet you in

    al-Zaʿrūr that alarms my heart.

  2. لا ولا في كلِّ أرضٍ

    حَسبُكَ اللَهُ وحَسبي

    No, nor in any land;

    God is enough for you, and enough for me.

  3. فإذا صِرتَ بصورٍ

    آمناً من كلِّ رعبِ

    So when you have reached Tyre,

    safe from every terror,

  4. فاحذرِ المكمنَ في جا

    مِعِها شاماً بغَربِ

    then beware the ambush in

    its mosque—a Shām in the west.

  5. كم لعبدِ الصمد الورا

    قِ من سَبيٍ ونهبِ

    How much has ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-Warrāq

    taken in captives and plunder,

  6. بشهاداتٍ كما يَف

    علُ في الحقِّ وكتبِ

    through testimonies, just as he

    does with rights and documents!

  7. وهو تحت الغوطةِ الز

    زَرقاءِ خافٍ مُتخبّي

    And he is beneath the Ghouta,

    the blue one, hidden and hiding away.