خَليلي زورا العامِريَّة فَاِنظُروا

اِيَبقى لَدَيها الوُدُّ ام يَتقضبُ

My friends, visit Al-Amiriyya and see

If affection for it still remains or is severed

وَقولا لَها ان يَعتَزِلك فَلا قَلى

وَلكِنَّهُ عن رقبَة يتجنبُ

And say to it, “If it abandons you, never mind,

But it avoids your neck out of caution.”

يَرى دونَكم من يتقي وَهو آلِف

لكُم وَلَهُ من دونِكُم مترقبُ

It sees besides you one who is Godfearing yet intimate with you

And it and he watchfully wait besides you

فَصد وَما يَسطيع صرمك انَّهُ

وَلَو صَدَّ رَهن في حبالِكَ منشبُ

So bar the way and your jaws cannot repel him

Even if they barred the way, he would cling to your ropes