لا تَبْهَتِ الشَّيْطَانَ فِي فِعْلِهِ

فَقَدْ كَفَى أَنَّكَ مِنْ حِزْبِهِ

Do not be fooled by the devil and his acts

It is enough that you are of his party

فَاخْسَأْ فَمَا الْخِنْزِيرُ فِي نَوْعِهِ

أَخَسَّ طَبْعاً مِنْكَ فِي كَسْبِهِ

So be base, for the pig is not in its kind

More base in nature than you in its earnings

لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي الدَّهْرِ مُسْتَوْزَراً

مَا سَارَعَ النَّاسُ إِلى سَبِّهِ

Had you not been so heavily burdened in this world

People would not have rushed to insult you

ذَاكَ الَّذِي لَوْلا خُمُولُ الْوَرَى

مَا نامَ مِنْ أَمْنٍ عَلَى جَنْبِهِ

That one, had the people not been so lethargic

Would not have slept in such confidence by his side

يَفْعَلُ بِالنَّاسِ أَفَاعِيلَهُ

وَلا يَخَافُ الله مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ

He does to people his evil deeds

And does not fear God for his sins

فَالْخَيْرُ وَالنِّعْمَةُ فِي بُعْدِهِ

والشَرُّ وَالنِقْمَةُ فِي قُرْبِهِ

So goodness and grace are in his absence

While evil and wrath are in his presence

أَشَدُّ خَلْقِ اللهِ كِبْراً فَإِنْ

فَاجَأْتَهُ كَرَّ عَلَى عَقْبِهِ

The proudest of God's creations, so if

You oppose him, he turns back on his heel

هَجَوْتُهُ لا بَالِغَاً لُؤْمَهُ

لَكِنَّنِي كَفْكَفْتُ مِنْ غَرْبِهِ

I disparaged him, not to achieve his demise

But to restrain myself from his harm

فَإِنْ أَكُنْ قَدْ نِلْتُ مِنْ عِرْضِهِ

فَإِنَّنِي دَنَّسْتُ شِعْرِي بِهِ

If I have attained some of his honor

Then I have sullied my poetry with him

فَلا يَلُومَنَّ سِوَى نَفْسِهِ

مَنْ سَلَّطَ النَّاسَ عَلَى ثَلْبِهِ

So let no one blame but himself

Who unleashed people upon his worn-out coat