نَصَحتُكِ أَجسامُ البَريَّةِ أَجناسُ

وَخَيرٌ مِنَ الأَعراسِ بُرسٌ وَعِرناسُ

The wild beasts advised you, O kinds and races,

And abstinence is better than lavish feasts and weddings.

وَلا تَلِجي الحَمّامَ قَد جاءَ ناصِحٌ

بِتَحريمِهِ مِن قَبلِ أَن يَفسُدَ الناسُ

Do not frequent the baths, for an advisor has come

With prohibiting them, before people become corrupted.

فَكَيفَ بِهِ لَمّا اِعتَدى في طَريقِهِ

رُجَيبٌ وَحَوّاشٌ وَتَنجٌ وَأَشناسُ

So what of it, when on its path transgressed,

Immoral, corrupted, cunning, and malicious people.

تَمازَجَ بِالعُربِ الأَعاجِمُ وَالنَقى

عَلى الغَدرِ أَنواعٌ تُذَمُّ وَأَجناسُ

The pure Arabs intermingled with the non-Arabs,

And against betrayal are kinds that should be condemned.

أُناسٌ كَقَومٍ ذاهِبينَ وُجوهُهُم

وَلَكِنَّهُم في باطِنِ الأَمرِ نَسناسُ

There are people whose faces seem righteous,

Yet inwardly they are sneaky and cunning.

جَزى اللَهُ عَنّي مُؤنِسي بِصُدودِه

جَميلاً فَفي الإيحاشِ ما هُوَ إيناسُ

May God reward my companion for his affability,

With goodness, for in friendliness is what brings delight.

تَخافينَ شَيطاناً مِنَ الجِنِّ مارِداً

وَعِندَكِ شَيطانٌ مِنَ الإِنسِ خَنّاسُ

You fear a defiant devil from the jinn,

While you have a devil from mankind that is sly.