المَرءُ يَأبُرُ خِسَّةً في طَبعِهِ
وَلَرُبَّ صاحِبِ مُنصُلٍ أَبّارِ
A man conceals six flaws in his nature
Yet for a companion with a spear how many!
وَالحُرُّ في أَوطانِهِ مُتَغَرِّبٌ
فَتَظَنُّهُ في مِصرِهِ بِوَبارِ
And the free man in his own land is an exile
So you'd think in his Egypt he'd be a foal
ضَلَّت يَهودُ وَإِنَّما تَوراتُها
كِذبٌ مِنَ العُلَماءِ وَالأَحبارِ
The Jews have gone astray though their Torah
Is a lie from the scholars and rabbis
قَد أَسنَدوا عَن مِثلِهِم ثُمَّ اِعتَلوا
فَنَموا بِإِسنادٍ إِلى الجَبّارِ
They relied on those like them then ascended
Rising by isnad to the Almighty
وَإِذا غَلَبتَ مُناضِلاً عَن دينِهِ
أَلقى مَقالِدَهُ إِلى الأَخبارِ
And if you defeat a warrior defending his faith
He resorts to rumors and tales
أَقسامُ لَفظِكَ سِتَّةٌ وَجَميعُها
لا مَينَ يَلحَقُهُ سِوى الإِخبارِ
The forms of your words are six, and all
Bear no meaning but to inform
مِن خَوفِ بارِئِكَ اِمتَطَيتَ نَجيبَةً
عادَت بِسَيرِكَ مِثلَ قَوسِ الباري
Fearing your Creator, you rode an excellent steed
Returning by your journey like a drawn bow
فَإِذا وَرَدتَ مِناً فَغاياتُ المُنى
مَلقى جَرائِمَ في الحَياةِ كِبارِ
So if you come to a refuge, the utmost wishes
Are to meet with momentous sins in life
كَم أَينُقٍ يَنضو الظَلامَ وَجيفُها
وَإِى تَبارٍ شَفَّهُنَّ تَباري
How many beautiful dark-lipped ones the darkness shrouds
While the pleats of dissolution lined their mouths
قَد صَيَّرَ الإِنسانُ في أَحشائِهِ
قَبراً لِغانِيَةٍ عَنِ الإِقبارِ
Man made in his bowels a tomb
For a songstress, not to bury
ما جادَ مِن دَمِهِ المَصونِ بِقَطرَةٍ
وَأَجادَ وَصفَ دِمائِها بِجُبارِ
No drop of his guarded blood flowed
Yet he freely described her blood's flow
كَم أَعظَمَ الأَقوامُ خِبّاً وَاِنبَروا
يَتَمَسَّحونَ لِأَرضِهِ بِجُبارِ
How great the folk who know evil and rise up
Anointing the land with their tyranny
وَالسَهبُ تَغشاهُ السُعودُ فَيَنثَني
مُتَقَسِّماً في السَكنِ بِالأَشبارِ
While fate covers the sword it bends
Dividing residence by shares
