وأَبلِغ لَدَيكَ مَعقِلَ بنَ خُوَيلِدٍ

مَلائِكَ يَهديها إِلَيكَ هُداتُها

And convey to Ma'qil ibn Khuwailid

Angels guiding him to you with their gifts

عَلى إِثرِ أُخرى قَبلَ ذلِكَ قَد أَتَت

إِلَيكَ فَجاءَت مُقشَعِرّاً شَواتُها

One after another, before that came

To you, so they came frightened, their skirts fluttering

وَقَد عَلِمَ الأَقوامُ أَنَّكَ سَيِّدٌ

وَأَنَّكَ مِن دارٍ شَديدٍ حَصاتُها

And the people knew that you are a master

And that you are from a harsh, stronghold house

فَلا تُتبِعِ الأَفعى يَدَيكَ تَنوشُها

وَدَعها إِذا ما غَيَّبَتها سَفاتُها

So do not let the serpent's hands tempt you

And leave it when its twilight hides it

وَأَطفِىء وَلا توقِد وَلا تَكُ مِحضَأً

لِنارِ العُداةِ أَن تَطيرَ شَكاتُها

And extinguish, do not ignite or be a place

For the enemies' fire, so their flames flare

فَإِنَّ مِنَ القَولِ الَّتي لا شَوى لَها

إِذا زَلَّ عَن ظَهرِ اللِسانِ اِنفِلاتُها

For of words that have no heat

When they slip off the tongue being unleashed

وَمَوقِعُها ضَخمٌ إِذا هِيَ أُرسِلَت

وَلَو كُفِتَت كانَت يَسيراً كِفاتُها

And their position is huge when they are sent

Though if held back they'd be easy, grasped

وَلَمّا تَطِب نَفسي بِإِرسالِها لَكُم

وَهَل يَنفَعَن نَفسي إِلَيكُم أَناتُها

And when my soul did not agree to send them to you

Can my soul benefit you, with their sighs?