نضحتك لو طاوعت من لك ينصح

وكل إِناء بالَّذي فيه يرشح

Had you obeyed me when I gave you advice,

For every vessel leaks what is inside it.

وحذرتك الدهياء قبل وقوعها

وأَوضحتها والحازم الرأي الَّذي يوضح

The cunning warned you before it happened,

And made clear the wise opinion that clarifies.

فحقرت أَفعال الرجال استهانة

وطببت آن السم في الماء ينفح

You belittled the deeds of men out of arrogance,

And considered that poison in water exhales fragrance.

ولم تدر أَنم السد هدته فارة

ومن غصن بان جمرة النار تقدح

You did not know that the dam guided its torrents,

And that from a branch the embers of fire are lit.

بجيدك أَصل الحبل صار وطرفه

عدوك يجريه عليك ويمتح

With your own hands you made the rope at its root,

Your enemy runs it over you and grabs it.

وقد قتل الكندي في حي قيصر

بخدعته الطماح والخب يطمح

Al-Kindi was killed in Caesar's district

By the scheming of the ambitious and the cunning.

وكل امرئ يعصي المحب ويرعوي

لشانيه يلقى ما يسوء ويترح

And everyone who disobeys the loving one and cuddles

His foe will encounter what pains him and saddens him.

أَناشدك اللَه الَّذي جل ذكره

لتسمع مني ما أَقول وأَشرح

I adjure you by Allah the Almighty,

To listen to what I am saying and explaining.

فلا تأمن الأَفعى وَإِن لان جلدها

ففي نابها سم وداء مُبرح

Do not feel safe from the viper even if its skin is soft,

For in its fangs is lethal poison and a fatal illness.