1. يُعَكِّرُ صفوَ أحلامي حَقُودُ

    يظلُّ لكلِّ ساقطةٍ يصيدُ

    A spiteful man disturbs the serenity of my dreams.

    He keeps hunting for every slip.

  2. مساوئهُ تفشَّتْ في جُفوني

    وما سلِم القريبُ ولا البعيدُ

    His misdeeds have spread through my eyelids.

    And neither the near nor the far has escaped harm.

  3. ومن تَخِذَ الضغينةَ للمعاصي

    صراطاً خانَهُ الرأيُ السَّديدُ

    And whoever takes rancor, for sinful deeds,

    As a path—sound judgment has betrayed him.

  4. ومَنْ في جوفِهِ نارٌ تلظَّى

    تدَفَّقَ بينَ شِدْقَيْهِ الصَّديدُ

    And whoever has a fire blazing within him,

    Pus gushes between the corners of his mouth.