خَفِ اللَّهَ يا جَدُّ بن قيسٍ ولا تُطِعْ

هَواكَ وَدَعْها خُطّةً هِيَ ماهِيَهْ

Fear Allah, O Jadd bin Qays, and do not obey

Your desire, leave it as a crooked line it is crooked

كَذبتَ رسولَ اللهِ تُضمِرُ غيرَ ما

تَقولُ وما تَخْفَى على اللَّهِ خافِيَهْ

You have lied to the Messenger of Allah, concealing other than

What you say, and nothing is hidden from Allah

تَقولُ لهُ ائْذَنْ لِي ولا تَبْغِ فِتنتي

فَإنِّي امرؤٌ أُعطِي النِّساءَ عِنانِيَهْ

You say to him, "Permit me and do not seek to tempt me

For I am a man who gives women free rein"

وإنّ نِساءَ الرُّومِ يَغْلِبْنَنِي على

عَفافِي فَدَعْنِي ما لهنّ ومالِيهْ

And the women of Rome overpower me against

My chastity, so leave me be, what is it to them or me?

فأعرضَ عنهُ غيرَ راضٍ وساءَهُ

فُجورُ امرئٍ يُبدي الفُجورَ عَلانِيَهْ

So he turned away from him, displeased, and his

Immorality displeased him, the immorality of a man who displays his immorality openly

وجاءَ ابنُه يُصليهِ نَارَ مَلامةٍ

فيا لكِ من نارٍ على المرءِ حَامِيَهْ

And his son came to burn him with the fire of blame

What a burning fire for a man it is blazing

يقول له بل جئتَها جاهليَّةً

دعتكَ إليها من نفاقك دَاعِيَهْ

He says to him, "Rather, you came to it an ignoramus

It called you to it from your hypocrisy, its caller"

لك الويل يا جدُّ بن قيسٍ فإن تَتُبْ

وُقِيتَ وإن تَفْسُقْ فمالكَ وَاقِيَهْ

Woe unto you O Jadd bin Qays, for if you repent

You will be protected, and if you sin there is no protector for you