غاوٍ عَصَى مُرْشِدَهُ وَقَدْ نَهَى

غاوٍ عَصَى مُرْشِدَهُ وَقَدْ نَهَى

صَتَّهْتُهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مُصَتَّهَا

صَتَّهْتُهُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مُصَتَّهَا

Wayward, he disobeyed his guide, though the guide had warned him;

I tried to curb him, but he was not to be curbed.