1. بنفسك ما اعتبرت وكنت أحرى

    بجعل سواك معتبراً وذكرى

    You took no lesson from your own experience, though you would have done better

    to take someone else as a lesson and reminder.

  2. شفعت له فنلت جفاً وبعداً

    ولم تقنع فزدت شفعت أخرى

    You interceded for him and received coldness and estrangement.

    Yet you were not content, and went further: you interceded again.

  3. أيرجو رحمة الرحمن عبد

    يحب عدوه سراً وجهرا

    Can a servant hope for the Most Merciful's mercy

    while loving His enemy in secret and in public?

  4. ألم تر حال من أولاه منهم

    وكيف أعاضهم بالخير شرا

    Have you not seen the plight of those among them who showed him kindness,

    and how he repaid their good with evil?

  5. وقد عاينت مصرعهم فخفه

    وخذ من شؤمه كالناس حذرا

    You have witnessed their downfall, so fear him,

    and, like others, beware the ill fortune he brings.

  6. أتنزله بدارك بعد علم

    وتحفر وسطها لك منه قبرا

    Would you lodge him in your home, knowing this,

    and dig yourself a grave in its midst because of him?

  7. ولست الامتحان عليك أخشى

    ولكن خفت أن يعديك كفرا

    It is not an ordeal I fear for you,

    but I fear he may infect you with unbelief.