1. كَفَتكَ حَوادِثُ الأَيّامِ قَتلاً

    فَلا تَعرِض لِسَيفٍ أَو لِرُمحِ

    The calamities of the days suffice to kill you;

    so do not expose yourself to a sword or a spear.

  2. تَراضى أَهلُ دَهرِكَ بِالمَخازي

    فَكَيفَ تُعيبُ رامِقَةً بِلَمحِ

    The people of your age have agreed to accept shameful deeds;

    how, then, can you fault a gazing eye for a glance?

  3. وَأَصحابُ الشَريفِ وَلا تَساوٍ

    كَأَصحابِ اِبنِ زَرعَةَ وَاِبنِ سَمحِ

    And al-Sharif’s companions—though there is no equality—

    are like the companions of Ibn Zurʿah and Ibn Samḥ.