قِفي وَقفَةً تَعلَمي

وَإِن سَلِموا فَاِسلَمي

Stand still for a moment to learn

And if they are safe then be safe

فَما قُلتُ مِن لَوعَةٍ

أَلِمّي بِنا يا لَمِ

For I have not said out of grief

Hurt us, O night

وَكَيفَ صُعودي إِلى

الثُرَيّا بِلا سُلَمِ

And how can I ascend

The Pleiades without a ladder

أَيَخلُصُ هَذا الوَرى

مِنَ الحِندِسِ المُظلِمِ

Will this world be saved

From the gloomy darkness

وَأَيُّهُمُ لَم يَكُن

ظَلوماً وَلَم يُظلَمِ

And which of them was not

Unjust or wronged

وَلا بُدَّ لِلحادِثا

تِ مِن وَقعَةِ صَيلَمِ

And events must have

A fateful calamity

تُبيدُ أَعادِيَهُم

مَعَ التُركِ وَالدَيلَمِ

That destroys their enemies

With the Turks and tatars

وَتَثنيكَ في راحَةٍ

كَأَنَّكَ لَم تُؤلَمِ

And relaxes you

As if you were not hurt

وَلَم يُبقِ صِرفُ الرَدى

عَلى بَطَلٍ مُعلَمِ

And the turning of fate

Spares no marked hero

يُخَضِّبُ هامَ العِدى

بِنَحوٍ مِنَ العِظلِمِ

Who stains the zeal of enemies

With some dreadful blows

وَكَم بَذَّ مِن قُرَحٍ

مَدى الجَذَعِ الأَزلَمِ

And how many wounds he inflicted

On the stubborn trunk

وَلَستَ مِنَ الرَكبِ إِذ

يَعوجونَ في المَعلَمِ

And you are not of those

Who waver on the road

إِذا طَمِعوا فَاِقتَنِع

وَإِن جَهِلوا فَاِحلَمِ

If they covet then be content

And if they are ignorant then be forbearing

وَلا يَدنونَنَّ الفَتى

لِعِرسٍ وَلا يولِمِ

And let them not approach a young man

For a wedding or to blame

فَإِن ظَهَرَت زَلَتي

فَقُل لِرَفيقي لُمِ

And if my slip appeared

Say to my friend, “Forbear”