فَإنْ تَكُ جَارَيْتَ الظِّلالَ فَرُبَّما

سُبِقْتَ ويَوْمُ القِرْنِ عُرْيان أَسْنَعُ

If you choose to befriend the shadows, you may be outrun

And on the day of battle find yourself poorly armed

وَخَلَّيْتَ إِخْوانَ الصَّفاءِ كَأَنهَّمْ

ذَبائِحُ عَنْزِ أَوْ فَحيِلٌ مُصَرَّعُ

You would forsake the brethren of purity as though they were

Sacrificial lambs or a pierced necklace

تُبَكِّيهم ُشَجْوَ الحَمامَةِ بَعْدَما

أَرَحْتَ ولَمْ تُرْفَع لَهُمْ مِنْكَ إِصْبَعُ

And make them weep with the cooing of a dove after

You have rested, without raising a finger for them

فَهذِي ثَلاثٌ قدْ حَوَيْتَ نَجاتَها

وإنْ تَنْجُ أخْرىَ فَهْيَ عِندْكَ أرْبَعُ

So you have contained the salvation of these three

And if you save another, for you it will be four