1. سَلِّ الهُمُومَ لِقَلبٍ غَيرِ مَتبُولِ

    ولا رَهِينٍ لَدَى بَيضَاءَ عُطبُولِ

    Banish cares from a heart not ravaged by love,

    nor captive to a fair-skinned, long-necked beauty.

  2. وَلاَ تَقِف بِدِيَارِ الحَيِّ تَسألُها

    تَبكِي مَعَارِفَها ضَلاًّ بِتَضليلِ

    And do not stand at the clan's dwellings, questioning them,

    weeping over their familiar traces, lost in delusion.

  3. مَا أنتَ وَالدَارَ إِذ صَارَت مَعَارِفَها

    لِلرِيحِ مَلعَبَةً ذاتِ الغَرَابِيلِ

    What have you to do with the dwelling, now that its familiar traces have become

    a playground for the sieve-bearing wind?

  4. تُسدِي الرِّيَاحُ بِهَا نَسجَاً وَتُلحِمُهُ

    ذَيلَينِ من مُعصِفٍ مِنهَا وَمَشمُولِ

    The winds lay a fabric's warp there and weave its weft—

    two trailing skirts, from a raging wind among them and a northerly one.

  5. نَفسِي فِدَاءٌ رَسُولِ اللهِ قِلُّ لَهُ

    مِنّي وَمِن بَعدِهِم أدنَى لِتَقلِيلِ

    My soul, a ransom for God's Messenger, is a trifle to him

    from me; and after them, nearer still to being deemed little.

  6. نَفسِي فِدَاءُ الذي لا الغَدرُ شِيمَتُه

    ولا المَعَاذِيرُ من بُخلٍ وَتَقلِيلُ

    My soul is ransom for him whose nature is not treachery,

    nor excuses born of stinginess, nor meager giving;

  7. الحَازِمُ الرَأي والمَيمُونُ طَائِرُهُ

    والمُستَضَاءُ بِهِ والصَّادِقُ القِيلُ

    firm in judgment, and auspicious in his omen,

    and one whose light is sought, and truthful in speech.