1. وَإِما رأَيتَ الرُّسُومَ امَّحت

    وَلَمْ يُرع حَقٌّ لِذِي مَطلَبِ

    And if you see established customs effaced,

    and no right upheld for one with a claim,

  2. فَخُذْ فِي الترحلِ عَنْ تُونُسٍ

    وَفارق مَغانيهَا وَاذْهَبِ

    then set about departing from Tunis,

    and leave her abodes and go.

  3. فَسَوْفَ تَكُونُ بِها فِتْنَةٌ

    تُضِيفُ البَرِيءَ إِلَى المُذْنِبِ

    For strife will arise within her,

    joining the innocent to the guilty.