1. أبلغْ خليلي أبا بكر مغلغلةً

    إنْ وافقتْ منه إصغاء وانصاتا

    Convey to my dear friend Abu Bakr a far-borne message,

    if it finds him listening attentively and in silence:

  2. ما بال أسماعكم عن دعوتي وقرتْ

    وقد دعوتكم جمعاً وأشتاتا

    Why have your ears grown deaf to my call,

    when I have called you together and separately?

  3. كأنني يوم أدعوكم لنائبةٍ

    أدعو لها من بطون الأرض أمواتا

    It is as though, when I call you in a calamity,

    I were summoning the dead from the bowels of the earth to face it.

  4. لا تحسبوا سرمداً أمري وأمركم

    فإن للعسر والإيسار ميقاتا

    Do not think my lot and yours will last forever,

    for hardship and prosperity each have their appointed time.