1. أرى الحمّام موعظة وذكرى

    لكلِّ فتىً أريبٍ ذي ذكاءِ

    I see the bathhouse as an admonition and a reminder

    for every discerning youth endowed with intelligence.

  2. يذكِّرنا عذاب ذوي المعاصي

    وأحيا نعيمُ الأتقياءِ

    It reminds us of the torment of sinners,

    and the bliss of the pious revives us.

  3. شقا هَجرٍ يشوبُ نعيمَ وصلٍ

    وحرُّ النارِ في برد الهواءِ

    The misery of separation taints the bliss of union,

    and fire's heat lies amid the coolness of the air.

  4. إذا مأ أرضه التهبت بنارِ

    تبادر سمكه هطلاً بماءِ

    Whenever its floor blazes with fire,

    its ceiling hastens to shower down water,

  5. كصدرِ الصَب جاش بما يلاقي

    فلجَّ الطرفُ منه بالبكاءِ

    like a lovesick man's breast, surging with what he endures,

    so his eye persists in weeping.

  6. كان له حبيباً بان عنهُ

    فبان وخانته حُسنُ العَزاءِ

    He had a beloved who departed from him,

    so he departed, and the beauty of consolation betrayed him.