1. تَوافَقَتِ اليَهودُ مَعَ النَصارى

    عَلى قَتلِ المَسيحِ بِلا اِختِلافِ

    The Jews agreed with the Christians

    to kill the Messiah, without dispute.

  2. وَما اِصطَلَحوا عَلى تَركِ الدَنايا

    بَلِ اِصطَلحوا عَلى شُربِ السُلافِ

    And they did not agree to abandon base deeds;

    rather, they agreed to drink pure wine.

  3. تَلافَيناهُمُ بِالقَولِ فيهِ

    فَجاءَهُمُ التَلافي بِالتَلافِ

    We sought to save them by speaking of it,

    so the remedy brought them ruin.

  4. تُخُيِّرَ خَلقُنا وَالشَرُّ طَبعٌ

    فَما نَحتاجُ فيهِ إِلى اِختِلافِ

    Our created form was chosen, and evil is innate;

    so we need not disagree about it.

  5. تَرَفَّق إِنَّ ديني لَيسَ نَبعاً

    وَلَكِن بِالخِلافِ مِنَ الخِلافِ

    Be gentle: my faith is not hard nabʿ-wood,

    but, in contrast, is of willow-wood.

  6. وَقَد دُمنا عَلى سوءِ السَجايا

    كَما دامَت قُرَيشُ عَلى الإِلافِ

    And we have persisted in wicked dispositions,

    as Quraysh held to their covenant.

  7. فَقَد لاحَت مَخايِلُ صادِقاتٌ

    تَروقُ العَينَ بِاللَمعِ الوِلافِ

    For true portents have appeared,

    delighting the eye with successive flashes.

  8. فَمَن لَكَ بِالغُرَيريّاتِ سارَت

    بِأَشباهٍ نُسِبنَ إِلى عِلافِ

    Then who can bring you the Ghurayri she-camels that journeyed

    with their like, traced back to ʿIlāf?