إِن كُنتَ ذارِعَ أَرضٍ لَم أَلُمكَ بِها

أَو كُنتَ ذارِعَ خَمرٍ فَالمَلامَةُ لَك

If you were sowing a land unknown to me

Or drinking wine then blame yourself

كَم سَلَّتِ الراحُ مِن يُمناكَ خادِعَةً

سَيفَ الرَشادِ وَأَعطَتهُ لِمَن خَتَلَك

How often has fate mocked you on your right

And given the sword of guidance but confused you

قَتَلَتها بِمَزاجٍ وَهِيَ ثائِرَةٌ

بِما فَعَلتَ وَكَم مَثَلٍ لَها قَتَلَك

It killed you gently while you were raging

By what you did and how many examples killed you

رَكِبتَ مِنها كُمَيتاً خَرَّ فارِسُها

وَلَو رَكِبتَ سِواها أَشهَباً حَمَلَك

You rode a fancy horse and it threw its rider

If you had ridden another roan it would have carried you

تُدعى الشُموسَ وَما يُعنى بِذاكَ لَها

إِلّا الشَمّاسُ فَجَنِّب دائِماً ثَمَلَك

You are called suns but they have no relation

Only the lamplighter so always avoid your desires

إِنَّ الشُمولَ رِياحٌ شَمأَلٌ عَصَفَت

بِاللُبِّ وَالسُكرُ غَيٌّ فادِحٌ شَمَلَك

Universality is roving winds that blew

With insanity, and drunkenness a penetrating blindness confused you

أَرِح جَمالَكَ مِن غَرَضٍ وَمِن قَتبٍ

وَاِجعَل ظَلامَكَ في نَيلِ العُلا جَمَلَك

Let your beauty be free of greed and stagnation

And make your darkness in attaining the heights their riding beast

أَمَلتَها لِلمَغاني وَالغِنى زَمَناً

فَلَم تَنَل مِن يَسارٍ أَو هَوىً أَمَلَك

You hoped for pleasures and singing for a time

But gained neither ease nor love's compliance your wish

أَرسَلتَ إِبلَكَ قَبلَ اليَومِ هامِلَةً

وَكانَ جَدُّكَ يَرعى مَرَّةً هَمَلَك

You sent your camels ahead one day loaded

While your grandfather once grazed a small herd your possession

أَمّا الكَبيرُ فَما تَزدادُ شيمَتُهُ

إِلّا قُبوحاً فَحَسِّن بِالتُقى عَمَلَك

But the old man only gains more disgrace

So improve with piety your deeds

وَاِنبُذ إِلى مَن تَشَكّى قِرَّةً سَمَلاً

مِنَ الثِيابِ وَأَورِد ظامِئاً سَمَلَك

And give to one complaining of thirsty poverty

Some clothes and let a thirsty man drink of your water

لا تَرمُلَنَّ إِلى الدُنِّيا تُحاوِلُها

وَاِصرِف إِلى اللَهِ مُعطيكَ المُنى رَملَك

Do not look longingly at this world and covet it

And turn to God who gave you success your sand dune

لَم تُبدِ لي عَنكَ إِلّا مُجَمَّلاً خَبَراً

وَقَد شَرَحتَ لِغَيري مُوَضِحاً جُمَلَك

You never showed me anything about you but in summary

Yet to others you explained in detail your burdens

الأَرضُ دارُ اِهتِضامٍ وَالأَنامُ بِها

مِثلُ الذِئابِ فَأَحرِز دونَهُم حَمَلَك

The world is a place of turmoil and its people

Are like wolves so protect yourself from them your luggage