1. لِقاءُ الناسِ أَلّجَأَني بِرُغمي

    إِلى حُسنِ التَجَّمُّلِ وَالنِفاقِ

    Meeting people has forced me, against my will,

    To polished manners and hypocrisy.

  2. وَما أَلقى عَريباً بِاِختِياري

    وَلَكِن حُمَّ ذَلِكَ بِاِتِّفاقِ

    And I meet no one of my own free will,

    Yet that was decreed by chance.

  3. وَقَد يَغشى الفَتى لُجَجَ المَنايا

    حِذاراً مِن أَحاديثِ الرِفاقِ

    And a young man may venture into death's depths,

    For fear of his companions' gossip.

  4. وَتَصطَفِقُ المَزاهِرُ مُخبِراتٍ

    زَواهِرَ في المَآثِمِ بِاِصطِفاقِ

    And the lutes resound as heralds,

    Gleaming amid sins with their clamor.