1. I commanded you, O winds, with a decisive command
So you said, "We are but fragments from the people of Najd"
١. أَمَرتُكَ يارِياحُ بِأَمرِ حَزمٍ
فَقُلتَ هَشيمَةٌ مِن أَهلِ نَجدِ
2. And I said to it, "Be wary of Quraysh
And mend every tear and cloak"
٢. وَقُلتُ لَهُ تَحَفَّظ مِن قُرَيشٍ
وَرَقِّع كُلَّ حاشِيَةٍ وَبُردِ
3. And I said to it, "Be wary of men
Whose innate dispositions are bare"
٣. وَقُلتُ لَهُ تَحَرَّز مِن رِجالٍ
عَلى مَحبوكَةِ الأَصلابِ جُردُ
4. By God, I have never found any good in winds
Nor have I accomplished anything except my passion
٤. وَوَجداً ما وَجَدتُ عَلى رِياحٍ
وَما أَغنَيتُ شَيئاً غَيرَ وَجدي