1. جُر يا غُرابُ وَأَفسِد لَن تَرى أَحَداً

    إِلّا مُسيئاً وَأَيُّ الخَلقِ لَم يَجُرِ

    Do wrong, O raven, and wreak havoc: you will see no one

    but a wrongdoer—and which creature has not done wrong?

  2. فَخُذ مِنَ الزَرعِ ما يَكفيكَ عَن عُرُضٍ

    وَحاوِلِ الرِزقَ في العالي مِنَ الشَجَرِ

    So take at random from the crops as much as you need,

    and seek sustenance in the lofty trees.

  3. وَما أَلومُكَ بَل أَوليكَ مَعذِرَةً

    إِذا خَطَفتَ ذُبالَ القَومِ في الحُجَرِ

    And I do not blame you; rather, I grant you an excuse

    when you snatch the people's lamp-wicks in their chambers.

  4. فَآلُ حَوّاءَ راعوا الأُسدَ مُخدِرَةً

    وَلَم يُنادوا بِسِلمٍ رَبَّةَ الوَجُرِ

    For Eve's descendants have frightened lions in their lairs,

    nor called in peace to the mistress of the den.

  5. وَمَن أَتاهُم بِظُلمٍ فَهُوَ عِندَهُمُ

    كَجالِبِ التَمرِ مُغتَرّاً إِلى هَجَرِ

    And whoever comes to them with injustice is, in their eyes,

    like a deluded man bringing dates to Hajar.

  6. هُمُ المَعاشِرُ ضاموا كُلَّ مَن صَحِبوا

    مِن جِنسِهِم وَأَباحوا كُلَّ مُحتَجِرِ

    They are the folk who oppressed all their companions

    of their own kind, and made all who sought shelter fair game.

  7. لَو كُنتَ حافِظَ أَثمارٍ لَهُم يَنَعَت

    ثُمَّ اِقتَرَبتَ لَما أَخلَوكَ مِن حَجَرِ

    If you were guarding fruit that had ripened for them,

    then drew near, they would not fail to throw a stone at you.