وَقالَت حِذارِ القَومَ إِنَّ صُدورَهُم

وَعَينَي أَبي حِقداً عَلَيكَ تَفورُ

She warned me, "Beware of the people, their chests

Are filled with hatred for you, overflowing."

فَقُلتُ لَها قَد يُؤخَذُ الظَبيُّ غِرَّةً

وَتَصطادُ شاةُ الكَلبِ وَهُوَ عَقورُ

I said to her, "The young gazelle can be caught off guard

And the sheep hunted by the ungrateful dog."

إِذا مُتُّ يا قَومي فَلا تَدفِنونَّني

فَأَ بغَضُ جيرانٍ إِلَيَّ قُبورُ

When I die, O my people, do not bury me,

For I hate having close neighbors in graves.

وَلَكِن دَعوني يا بَنيَّ تَعُسُّني

ثَعالِبُ في أَوطانِها وَنُسورُ

Rather, O my sons, leave wretched me

To foxes in their dens and eagles in their nests.