أَبلِغ دَعِيَّ إِيادٍ إِن مَرَرتَ بِهِ

قَولَ اِمرِئٍ ناصِح لِلَّهِ وَالدِّينِ

Convey to Iyad my message if you pass by him,

The words of a sincere counselor to Allah and the religion.

لَن تَصلُحَ الأَرضُ ما أُسكِنتَ ظاهَرَها

وَلا تَرى العَدلَ أَو تَلحَقَ بِأَفشَينِ

The land will not prosper as long as you inhabit its surface,

Nor will you see justice or join the virtuous.

ما زِلتَ تحضر لِلخذلانِ عن دَغَلٍ

في القَلبِ مِنكَ لِهذا الدِّينِ مَكنونِ

You persist in preparing failure through the deceit

Harbored secretly against this religion in your heart.

وَكُنتَ في ذاكَ لَنا لَمّا أَن قَصَدتُ لَهُ

كَالعَنزِ إِن بَحَثتَ عَن حَدِّ سِكّينِ

And you were to us, when I set out to it,

Like a nanny goat if you look for the edge of a knife.

نَحنُ الَّذينَ إِذا عُدَّ العَفافُ يُرى

فينا العَفافُ وَمَأوى كُلِّ مِسكينِ

We are those who, when chastity is counted,

Chastity and shelter of every poor person are seen in us.