1. لَستَ مِن صَدِّي وَلا رَشَدي

    فَاِفهَمِ التَفنيدَ لِلفَندِ

    You are no concern of mine, nor part of my right course;

    So understand this rebuke for folly.

  2. بِلِساني لَستَ تَملِكُني

    وَيَدي لَم تَعلُها بِيَدِ

    You do not master me through my tongue,

    Nor have you surpassed my hand with a hand.

  3. أَنتَ مِثلي في دِيارِهِمُ

    راجِياً لِلمِقولِ السَدَدِ

    You are like me in their dwellings,

    Hoping for the tongue to speak aright.

  4. وَهيَ تَعيا في الجَوابِ لَهُم

    وَيكَ ما بِالرَبعِ مِن أَحَدِ

    And she is at a loss to answer them:

    Woe to you—there is no one in the dwelling.

  5. قَد حَمى الغَيرانُ شَمسَ هَوىً

    مِنهُ عَينُ الشَمسِ في رَمدِ

    The jealous one has guarded a sun of love;

    Because of him, the sun’s eye is inflamed.

  6. لا تَزُرها بَعدَ ذِئبِ هَوىً

    إِنَّ تِلكَ الشَمسَ في الأَسَدِ

    Do not visit her after a wolf of love;

    Indeed, that sun is in the Lion.