جَمَحَت بِكَ الجاهاتُ في غُلَوائِها

سَفَهاً فَغُصَّ مِنَ العِنانِ قَليلا

The ignorances have emboldened you in their passions,

So you have become a little unrestrained.

وَاِحذَر لَواذِعَ قائِلٍ مُتَغَطرِفٍ

أَمسى يَسُنُّ لِسانَهُ لِيَقولا

And beware the utterances of a pretentious speaker

Who has made it his habit at night to unleash his tongue,

بِفَواقِرٍ تَدَعُ الرُؤوسَ أَميمَةً

وَقَوارِعٍ تَدَعُ العَزيزَ ذَليلا

With empty words that make the heads dejected,

And falsehoods that make the dear ones humiliated.

قَد كانَ عِرضُكَ في الصِوانِ بِطَيِّهِ

فَلَئِن أَبَيتَ لَيَغدُوَن مَبذولا

Your honor was protected in its sheath,

But if you refuse, they will make it exposed.

إِنَّ العُبابَ إِذا تَغَطغَطَ أَو طَمى

جَعَلَ الجِبالَ وَإِن عَلَونَ مَسيلا

Verily when the floods rise and overflow,

They make even the towering mountains a watercourse.