قد يَرهَبُ الصَمصامَ بعضٌ في الوَغى

قد يَرهَبُ الصَمصامَ بعضٌ في الوَغى

والناسُ دُونَ لِسانها الصَمصامُ

والناسُ دُونَ لِسانها الصَمصامُ

Some may fear the keen sword in battle;

Some may fear the wasp in strife

yet for people, the keen sword is less fearsome than her tongue.

Yet people are beneath its sting

نَمَّت فأَنمَت فِتنةً فَتَنَت بها

نَمَّت فأَنمَت فِتنةً فَتَنَت بها

أُمَماً وعاجَلَها لذاك حِمام

أُمَماً وعاجَلَها لذاك حِمام

She spread malicious gossip and fostered strife, with which she afflicted

It grew and sowed discord, tempting

nations; for that, death swiftly overtook her.

Nations, hastening calamity upon them

وطَوَت دُجُونُ السُوءِ مُعلَمَ حُسنِها

وطَوَت دُجُونُ السُوءِ مُعلَمَ حُسنِها

فاعجَب وقد نُشِرَت لها أَعلامُ

فاعجَب وقد نُشِرَت لها أَعلامُ

And evil's gloom folded away the emblem of her beauty;

The robes of evil concealed its beauty

so marvel: banners have nevertheless been unfurled for her.

Amazing, though standards were raised for it

اولئك الحَشَراتُ فاحذَر لسَعَها ال

اولئك الحَشَراتُ فاحذَر لسَعَها ال

قاسي فما تَسعَى اليك هَوامُ

قاسي فما تَسعَى اليك هَوامُ

Those are the insects; beware their sting—

Those insects, so beware their painful sting

harsh—then no vermin will creep toward you.

Harsh, for no flies seek you out

هذي هيَ الظُلُمات فاترُك ظُلمها ال

هذي هيَ الظُلُمات فاترُك ظُلمها ال

داجي فما يدجو اليك ظَلامُ

داجي فما يدجو اليك ظَلامُ

These are the darknesses; abandon their oppression—

Obscuring, for no gloom seeks you

murky—then no darkness will gather around you.