1. يا راعِيَ المُصرِ ما سَوَّمتَ في دَعَةٍ

    وَعِرسُكَ الشاةُ فَاِحذَر جارَكَ الذيبا

    O shepherd of the city, you have not pastured your flock in peace;

    and your wife is the ewe—so beware your neighbor, the wolf.

  2. تَرومُ تَهذيبَ هَذا الخَلقُ مِن دَنَسٍ

    وَاللَهُ ما شاءَ لِلأَقوامِ تَهذيبا

    You seek to cleanse this human race of defilement,

    yet God has willed no refinement for peoples.

  3. وَما رَوِيتَ بِعَذبٍ حَلَّ في قُلُبٍ

    حَتّى تَكَلَّفتَ إِعناتاً وَتَعذيبا

    Nor did you quench your thirst with sweet water lying in wells

    until you had taken on hardship and torment.

  4. فَاِعرِف لِصادِقِكَ الأَنباءَ مَوضِعَهُ

    واجِزِ الكَذوبَ عَلى ما قالَ تَكذيبا

    So give his due to whoever tells you the news truthfully,

    and repay the liar for what he said by rejecting it as false.