جَمَحَت بِكَ الجاهاتُ في غُلَوائِها

جَمَحَت بِكَ الجاهاتُ في غُلَوائِها

سَفَهاً فَغُصَّ مِنَ العِنانِ قَليلا

سَفَهاً فَغُصَّ مِنَ العِنانِ قَليلا

Your high stations have bolted with you in their frenzy,

The ignorances have emboldened you in their passions,

In folly—so choke a little on the rein.

So you have become a little unrestrained.

وَاِحذَر لَواذِعَ قائِلٍ مُتَغَطرِفٍ

وَاِحذَر لَواذِعَ قائِلٍ مُتَغَطرِفٍ

أَمسى يَسُنُّ لِسانَهُ لِيَقولا

أَمسى يَسُنُّ لِسانَهُ لِيَقولا

And beware the stinging barbs of an overbearing speaker,

And beware the utterances of a pretentious speaker

Who now whets his tongue to speak

Who has made it his habit at night to unleash his tongue,

بِفَواقِرٍ تَدَعُ الرُؤوسَ أَميمَةً

بِفَواقِرٍ تَدَعُ الرُؤوسَ أَميمَةً

وَقَوارِعٍ تَدَعُ العَزيزَ ذَليلا

وَقَوارِعٍ تَدَعُ العَزيزَ ذَليلا

With back-breaking blows that leave heads wounded to the brain,

With empty words that make the heads dejected,

And battering blows that leave the mighty abased.

And falsehoods that make the dear ones humiliated.

قَد كانَ عِرضُكَ في الصِوانِ بِطَيِّهِ

قَد كانَ عِرضُكَ في الصِوانِ بِطَيِّهِ

فَلَئِن أَبَيتَ لَيَغدُوَن مَبذولا

فَلَئِن أَبَيتَ لَيَغدُوَن مَبذولا

Your honor had been kept in its case, folded away;

Your honor was protected in its sheath,

But if you refuse, it shall surely be laid bare.

But if you refuse, they will make it exposed.

إِنَّ العُبابَ إِذا تَغَطغَطَ أَو طَمى

إِنَّ العُبابَ إِذا تَغَطغَطَ أَو طَمى

جَعَلَ الجِبالَ وَإِن عَلَونَ مَسيلا

جَعَلَ الجِبالَ وَإِن عَلَونَ مَسيلا

Indeed, when the surging flood churns or rises,

Verily when the floods rise and overflow,

It makes the mountains, however high, a watercourse.

They make even the towering mountains a watercourse.