أَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الذُّؤْبانِ في الطُّرُقِ

إِذا مَشَيْتَ وَحيدًا دُونَ ما رفَقِ

I fear for you from the wolves on the roads

When you walk alone, without companions

وكَمْ أَخافُ عَلَيْكَ البَحْرَ تَنْزِلُهُ

عَلَى خِلافٍ فَلا تَنْجُو مِنِ الغَرَقِ

And how much I fear the sea for you when you descend into it

Against the tide, you will not survive drowning

إِرْجِعْ لِأَهْلِكَ لا يُجْديكَ غَيْرُهُمُ ،

وغَيْرُ كِلْمَتِهِمْ حِبْرٌ عَلى وَرَقِ !

Return to your family, none can avail you but them

And none's words but theirs are ink on paper

عِشْرونَ عامًا وكُلُّ النَّاسِ تَعْرِفُهُ :

ما كانَ وَعْدٌ لَهُ يَدْنو مِنَ الصِّدِقِ !

Twenty years with all the people knowing him:

He never had a promise that came near to truth!

فكَيْفَ يَصْدُقُ فِينا مَنْ يُفَرِّقُنا

ومَنْ عَلى دَمِنا يَعْتاشُ كَالعَلَقِ ؟!

How can he be truthful with us, he who divides us

And feeds on our blood like a leech?!

الذِّئْبُ يا صاحِبي لا تَتَّخِذْهُ أَخًا

وَدَعْهُ يَسْقُطُ ، مِمَّا كادَ ، في النَّفَقِ !

O my friend, do not befriend the wolf

Let him fall, from what he intended, in the burrow!

أَدْعوكَ بِاللهِ : لا تُبْدِلْ بِنا أَحَدًا

حَتَّى نَظَلَّ مَعًا يا طَيِّبَ الخُلُقِ !

I implore you by God- do not replace us with anyone

Until we remain together, O kindhearted one!