غَمَّني عِشقُكَ لِلشَط

رَنجِ هَذا يا اِبرَهيمُ

Your love of chess troubles me, O Ibrahim

This is a futile endeavor, my friend

عَمَلٌ في غَيرِ برْ

رٍ وَاِختِلافٌ وَلُزومُ

It was established without righteousness

By a cursed devil, the outcast

إِنَّما أَسَّسَهاوَيْ

حَكَ شَيطانٌ رَجيمُ

It has made people play, so what wisdom is this?

The chess game brings ill fate, so avoid it, O unfortunate one

هَبكَ فيها أَلعَبَ النا

سِ فَماذا يا حَكيمُ

Let whoever wishes say what they want, but my words are straightforward

It only came with a single dowry, which is disgraceful

لُعبَةُ الشَطَرَنجِ شُؤمٌ

فَاِجتَنِبها يا شؤومُ

And the one who plays it will be deprived on Judgment Day

The truth of what I have whispered about it will soon be evident to the schemer

فَلَيقُل ما شاءَ مَن شا

ءَ فَقَولي مُستَقيمُ

It is only for people whose status is grand

A king who collects taxes, or a minister or confidant

إِنَّما جاءَت بِمُهرٍ

واحِدٍ وَهوَ وَخيمُ

Or men who inherited riches to endure fate

So remember what the one who abstains from it has in his hands when he gets up

وَالَّتي يُنزى عَلَيها ال

يَومَ مَن يُنزى عَقيمُ

Is it anything but a little pleasure that does not last?

So when the house is reached, he is a loser and blamed

وَسَيبلو صِدقَ ما فَسْ

سَرتُ فيها مَن يَرومُ

إِنَّما هِيَ لِأُناسٍ

شَأنُهُم شَأنٌ عَظيمُ

مَلِكٌ يُجبى إِلَيهِ

أو وَزيرٌ أَو نَديمُ

أَو رَجالٌ وَرِثوا الأَم

والَ لِلدَهرِ سُلومُ

فَاِدَّكِر ما بِيَدِ القا

ئِمِ عَنها إِذ يَقومُ

هَل سِوى شَيءٍ يَسيرٍ

مِن سُرورٍ لا يَدومُ

فَإِذا ما أُبلِغَ البَي

تَ فَمَحسورٌ مَلومُ