عملوا على سير البكور فكدت من

حَذَر أَعضُّ على الدجى بنواجذي

They urged me to depart at the break of dawn, but I almost

Gnawed my fingers in anguish, clinging to the darkness with my claws

حتى إِذا نبذوا العهود وهوّموا

ناشدتهم ويدي بذيل النابذ

Until when they broke their covenant and schemed,

I pleaded with them, grasping the hem of the covenant-breaker:

لا تذهبوا بفؤاد من عاهدتموا

هذا مقام المستجير العائذ

"Do not take away the heart of the one with whom you made a pact,

This is the refuge of the supplicant seeking sanctuary."