ما أَنتَ إِلّا المَثَلُ السائِرُ

يَعرِفُهُ الجاهِلُ وَالخابِرُ

You are but an example everyone knows

Both the ignorant and the wise comprehend

فاكِهَةٌ ضُيِّعَ بُستانُها

فَاِنتابَها الوارِدُ وَالصادِرُ

A fruit whose orchard has gone to waste

Visited by all passersby far and wide

يا ساحِرَ اللَفظِ عَلى أَنَّ مَن

أَغراكَ بِاللَفظِ هُوَ الساحِرُ

O sorcerer of words, as if one who

Deceived you with words is the real sorcerer

ذِئبُ فَلاةٍ كَيدُهُ دارِعٌ

صادَفَ ظَبياً كَيدُهُ حاسِرُ

A wolf of the wilderness, his deceit penetrating

Met a gazelle, his deceit rendered useless

إِذا تَذَكَّرتُكَ ذَكَّرتَني

قَد ذَلَّ مَن لَيسَ لَهُ ناصِرُ

When I remember you, you remind me

That he who has no ally is utterly humiliated