1. إذا سافَرَ السّلطانُ نحوَ مُنكَّبٍ

    ولمْ أتّبِعْهُ جاهِداً سقَطَ الحَرَجْ

    When the sultan travels toward Munakkab,

    and I do not strain to follow him, I incur no blame.

  2. فمِنْ عِقَبٍ مَنْ ضَلّ في شِعْبِها هَوَى

    ومِنْ درَجٍ مَنْ زَلّ في ضَنْكِها دَرَجْ

    For there are mountain passes—whoever strays in their ravines plummets;

    and stairways—whoever slips in their narrow confines perishes.

  3. عَسى مَنْ أضاقَ الصّدْرَ منْ حُبِّه لها

    يُتيحُ ببُغْضٍ منْه فيها لَنا الفَرَجْ

    Perhaps he whose love for it has constricted the breast

    will grant us relief through his hatred of it.