1. تُحِلُّ إِذا اِستَرَبتُ بِكَ اِهتِضامي

    وَأَنتَ فَعَلتَ أَفعالَ المُريبِ

    You deem it lawful to wrong me if I suspect you,

    though you have done the deeds of one who arouses suspicion.

  2. ضَريبُكَ في بَني الدُنيا كَثيرٌ

    وَعَزَّ اللَهُ رَبُّكَ عَن ضَريبِ

    Many are your equals among the children of this world,

    but God, your Lord, is exalted beyond having an equal.

  3. وَما العُلَماءُ وَالجُهّالُ إِلّا

    قَريبٌ حينَ تَنظُرُ مِن قَريبِ

    And the learned and the ignorant are but

    much alike, when you look closely.

  4. مَتى ما يَأتِني أَجَلي بِأَرضي

    فَنادِ عَلى الجَنازَةِ لِلغَريبِ

    Whenever my appointed end comes to me in my own land,

    then announce the funeral as a stranger's.

  5. أَكاشِرُ مَن لَقيتُ عَلى حِذارٍ

    وَلَيسَ عَلى اِعتِقادي مِن عَريبِ

    I smile at whomever I meet, on my guard,

    and not a soul shares my belief.