قَد طالَ في العيشِ تَقيِيدي وَإِرسالي

مَنِ اِتَّقى اللَهَ فَهوَ السالِمُ السالي

Long has my life been shackled and sent forth,

He who fears God, he is the one secure and safe.

يا صاحِبَ الضَأنِ سَلِّم حَقَّ مُعدِمِها

وَلا تَقُل ضَلَّ إِنساني بِإبسالي

O shepherd, give the rightful due to the one who destroyed them,

And say not a human erred in his sending forth.

وَاِرقُب إِلَهَكَ في عُسرٍ وَفي يُسُرٍ

وَاِترُك جِدالَكَ في بَعثٍ وَإِرسالِ

Watch over your God in hardship and in ease,

And leave off your disputing about resurrection and sending forth.

كَم غالَ طاهيكَ مِن عَفراءَ مُرضِعَةٍ

وَذاتِ لونَينِ صارَت قوتَ مِكسالِ

How much has your craving cost you from a suckling lamb,

And one of two colors became nourishment withholding.

وَقَد ضَنَنتَ بِشاةٍ وَهيَ فارِدَةٌ

عَلى أَزَلِّ فَقيدِ القوتِ عَسّالِ

You have become miserly towards a ewe in lambing season,

To provide the barest nourishment to the weakest lamb.

بَخَلتَ أَن يَتَغَذّى طِفلُهُ دَمَها

وَأَنتَ شارِبُ لَذِّ الطَعمِ سَلسالِ

You were stingy that her blood nourish her baby,

While you drink the sweetest taste ever-flowing.

وَاِسأَل بِهِ الحَيَّ مِن عَدنانَ أَو سَبَإٍ

تَجِدهُ لَيسَ إِذا أَقوى بُوَسّالِ

Ask the Living One, of Adnan or Saba,

You will find that when the time comes, he is not withholding.