يا صاحِ إِن حاوَرتَ آخَرَ مُشفِقٌ

يَبغي رَشادَكَ جاهِداً أَن تَسكُتا

O friend, if you converse with another anxious

To guide you, striving for you both to be silent,

كَم بَكَّتَ المَوتُ الحَريصَ عَلى الَّذي

يَأتي فَسَحَّت مُقلَتاهُ وَبَكَّتا

How often has death made the greedy one weep for what

Comes, so his eyelids relaxed and they both wept,

قَد زَكَّتِ القَدَمانِ في غَيرِ الهُدى

وَيَداهُ عَمّا حازَهُ ما زَكَّتا

The two feet were purified not in guidance,

And his hands from what they seized were not purified,

وَالنَفسُ شَكَّت في يَقينِ الأَمرِ وَال

كَفّانِ أَن رَمتا قَنيصاً شَكَّتا

And the soul doubted the certainty of the matter, and the

Two palms, when they attempted a garment, doubted,

ما اِنفَكَّتا وَلَدَيهِما سَبَبُ المُنى

تَتَمَسَّكانِ بِهِ إِلا أَن فُكَّتا

They were not separated from their children except the cause of death

Clung to them until they were detached,

لَم تَشفِ ذَنبي المَكَّتانِ وَإِنَّ لي

شَفَتَينِ أَخلافَ المَعيشَةِ مَكَّتا

My burdened two lips did not heal, and yet I have

Two lips - the afflictions of livelihood have burdened them.