أَنا النَذيرُ لِمُسدي نِعمَةٍ أَبَداً

إِلى المَقاريفِ ما لَم يَخبِرُ الدَخَلا

I am the warner of those who abuse blessings forever

To the wasteful until the frugal informs them

إِن أَنتَ أَكرَمتَهُم أَلفَيتَهُم بُطُراً

وَإِن أَهَنتَهُم أَلفَيتَهُم ذُلُلا

If you honor them, you find them insolent

And if you humiliate them, you find them submissive

أَتَشمَخونَ وَمِنّا أَصلُ نِعمَتُكُم

سَتَعلَمونَ إِذا صِرتُم لَنا خَوَلا

Do you act arrogantly while we are the source of your blessings?

You will know when we become disloyal to you

أُنظُر فَإِن أَنتَ لَم تَقدِر عَلى مَثلٍ

لَهُم سِوى الكَلبِ فَاِضرِبهُ لَهُم مَثَلا

Look, if you cannot find for them an example

Other than a dog, then cite it as an example for them

بَيناً يُسَمِّنُهُ لِلصَيدِ صاحِبُهُ

حَتّى إِذا ما قَوِيَ مِن بَعدِ ما هَزُلا

While its owner fattens it for hunting

Until when it grows strong after it had waned

عَدا عَلَيهِ فَلَم تَضرُرهُ عَدوَتُهُ

وَلَو أَطاقَ لَهُ أَكلاً لَقَد أَكَلا

It attacked him but its hostility did not harm him

And had it been able to eat him, it would have eaten him