1. أَلَستَ بِجاعِلي كَبَني جُعَيلٍ

    هَداكَ اللَهُ أَو كَبَني جَنابِ

    Will you not make me like the sons of Juʿayl—

    may God guide you—or like the sons of Janāb?

  2. أَدِبُّ وَراءَ نُقدَةَ أَن تَراني

    وَدونَكَ بِالمَدينَةِ أَلفُ بابِ

    I creep behind a small sheep, lest you see me,

    while a thousand doors in Medina stand between us.

  3. وَأَحبِسُ بِالعَراءِ المَحلِ بَيتي

    وَدونَكَ عازِبٌ صَخَبُ الذُبابِ

    And I keep my home in the barren wilderness,

    with a remote place, clamorous with flies, between us.

  4. أُحاذِرُ إِن قَدَرتَ عَلَيَّ يَوماً

    عِقابَكَ وَالأَليمَ مِنَ العَذابِ

    I fear, if one day you gain power over me,

    your punishment and painful torment.