أَبلِغ أَبا سُفيانَ وَالنَفسُ تَنطَوي
عَلى عُقَدٍ بَينَ الحَشا وَالجَوانِحِ
Tell Abu Sufyan while the soul draws in
On knots between claws and predatory beasts
بِأَدنى مِنَ القَولِ الَّذي بُحتَ مُعلِناً
بِهِ لِاِمرِئٍ بِعَيبِكُم غَيرَ بائِحِ
With the least of words that burst forth revealing
To a man your flaws even though unyielding
تُصَدِّقُ سيما هاكَ جَرفَكَ وِاِشتَرِ
بِهِ مِنكَ بَيعاً بِعتَهُ غَيرَ رابِحِ
Your traits confirm, your precipice made you slide
To sell from you, though the sale brings no tide
نُسَيرَةُ ذو الوَجهَينِ لَو كان يَتَّقي
مِنَ الذَمِّ يَوماً باقِياتِ الفَضائِحِ
Two-faced base man, if he feared one day
Remaining slanders and dishonor’s sway
وَلَكِنَّهُ عَبدٌ تَقَعَّدَ رَأيَهُ
لِئامُ الفُحولِ وِاِرتِخاصُ النَواكِحِ
But he's a slave whose judgment lapsed
Vile men and cheapened, loosened pacts
فُخُذ ما صَفا لا تَطلُبِ الرَنقَ إِنَّهُ
يُكَدِّرُهُ حَفرُ الأَكُفِّ المَواتِحِ
Take what is pure and seek no flaunt for it
Is muddied by hollow grasping hands that grab it
وَما كُنتُ أَخشى بَعدَ وُدِّكَ أَن أَرى
بِكَفَّي عَدُوِّبَينَنا زَندَ قادِحِ
After your love I feared not to see
In enemy hands brandished at you and me
وَقَد يَستَحيلُ الرَحلُ وَالرَحلُ فائِتٌ
إِذا طالَ بِالرَحلِ اِختِلافُ النَواضِحِ
But turns may come and friends go missing
When friends differ and advice proves hissing
مَتى ما يَسُؤ ظَنُّ اِمرِئٍ بِصَديقِهِ
وَلِلظَنِّ أَسبابٌ عِراضُ المَسارِحِ
When a man doubts his friend and believing
Suspicions, stages set for leaving
يُصَدِّقُ أَموراً لَم يَجِئهُ يَقينُها
عَلَيهِ وَيَعشَق سَمعُهُ كُلَّ كاشِحِ
Gives credit to matters not proven true
And loves hearing any gossip spewed
أَأَنساكَ ما وَكَّدتَ مِن كُلِّ ذِمَّةٍ
دَبيبُ العِدا بِالكاذِباتِ القَبائِحِ
Forget what every covenant wore down
With lies of enemies who only frown?
مَعاشِرُ لَو قاموا مَقامي وَكُلِّفوا
رِهاني جَرَوا جَريَ البِطاءِ الأَوانِحِ
Had they stood in my place under obligation
They would have fled like frightened aberration
رُوَيدَكَ أَقصى رَغبَتي مِنكَ إِنَّني
بَصيرٌ بِرَوعاتِ النُفوسِ الشَحائِحِ
Calm yourself, my want from you is to hide
I'm aware of souls filled with greed inside
