يا صَلاحَ الدينِ خُذ حِذ

رَكَ مِن صِلِّ العِراقِ

O Salah al-Din, take heed

From making peace with Iraq

فَلَقَد وافاكَ في ثَو

بي عِنادٍ وَنِفاقِ

For he has met you with stubbornness

And hypocrisy and faction

لا يَغُرَّنَّكَ مِنهُ

مَنطِقٌ حُلوُ المَذاقِ

Let not his sweet words deceive you

Underneath lies all sorts of lies and deceit

تَحتَهُ ما شِئتَ مِن إِف

كٍ وَزورِ وَاِختِلاقِ

Do not draw near, for nothing prospers

Except separation from him

لا تُقَرِّبهُ فَما يَص

لُحُ إِلّا لِلفِراقِ

He is clever in his subtle meanings

And skilled in his fine debates

دَقَّ لُؤماً فَتَفَطَّن

في مَعانيهِ الدِقاقِ

Quench him with cups of your bitter wrath

Before he bears what cannot be borne

وَاِسقِهِ مِن سُخطِكَ المُر

رِ بِكَأساتٍ دِهاقِ

Do not keep company, those who intercede for him

Are mixed with the riffraff

قَبلَ أَن تَحمِلَ مِن مَك

روهِهِ غَيرَ المُطاقِ

He is a disease in the guts

With an infected wound between the ribs

لا تُخالِطهُ وَسائِل

عَنهُ أَخلاطَ الرِفاقِ

The greatest liar when he swears

A solemn oath of divorce

فَهوَ داءٌ في الخَياشي

مِ شَجاً بَينَ التَراقي

A smooth talker who brings them together

With his agreement and consensus

أَكذَبُ الناسِ إِذا آ

لى يَميناً بِالطَلاقِ

He divides and fragments any alliance

With his sowing of discord and disunity

أَبيَضُ الرِجلِ بِإِجما

عٍ عَلَيهِ وَاِتِّفاقِ

A viper whose mouth spews

Poison into the veins

أَيُّ شَملٍ ما رَماهُ

بِشَتاتٍ وَاِفتِراقِ

May God protect you from the snake

With the colored stripes

أَفعُوانٌ ما لِما يَن

فِثُهُ مِن فيهِ راقي

How many has he wronged with falsehoods

Whose tears are shedding in torrents

فَلَكَ اللَهُ مِنَ الحَي

يَةِ ذي الإِطراقِ واقي

And wounds too deep for consolers

And agonizing laments

فَلَكَم غادَرَ بِالزَو

راءِ مِن دَمعٍ مُراقِ

Eyes whose lids are rubbed raw

That look to him without yearning

وَجُروحٍ تَعجِزُ النا

صِحَ وَالآسي عِماقِ

God has led him to our wealth

Along the worst course

وَعُيونٍ قُرِّحَت مِن

ها جُفونٌ وَمَآقي

He has swallowed it with deceit

Hypocrisy and betrayal

يَتَطَلَّعنَ إِلى رُؤ

ياهُ مِن غَيرِ اِشتِياقِ

With words smoother than white silk

And his hands toy with it

ساقَهُ اللَهُ إِلى أَم

والِنا شَرَّ سِياقِ

Now by force, now by agreement and consent

And he escaped while the winds don't catch up

فَحَواها بِخِداعٍ

وَرِياءٍ وَنِفاقِ

Fleeing the lame she-camels

Filling his arms with naked disgrace

وَبِأَلفاظٍ هِيَ أَمضى

مِنَ البيضِ الرِقاقِ

Seeking your protection, do not let him attain

The market of hypocrisy

وَغَدَت تَلعَبُ فيها

يَدُهُ لُعبَ الخِفاقِ

So fear God and do not leave

The slave of wickedness

تارَةً غَصباً وَطوراً

عَن تَراضٍ وَوِفاقِ

Prepare, our Master, against him

And prepare him for captivity

وَنَجا وَالريحُ لا تَط

مَعُ مِنهُ في لِحاقِ

Do not relieve the anguish

Of the tight noose around the neck of the worthless

هارِباً مِنها نَجاءَ ال

أَعوَجِيّاتِ العِتاقِ

And seek refuge from faces with

Wickedness, betrayal and corruption

مالِئاً حُضنَيهِ مِن عا

رٍ عَلى الأَيّامِ باقَي

That he not see beneath your shade

Or in your hall

طالِباً عِندَكَ لا بُل

لِغَها سوقَ نَفاقِ

For the likes of you are not suited

To the ropes of hypocrisy

فَاِتَّقِ اللَهَ وَلا تُب

قِ عَلى عَبدِ الإِباقِ

أَعِد مَولانا عَلَيهِ

وَأَعِدهُ في وِثاقِ

لا تُنَفِّس عَن لَئيمٍ

أَبَداً ضيقَ خِناقِ

وَاِستَعِذ مِن أَوجُهٍ بِال

لُؤمِ وَالغَدرِ صِفاقِ

أَن يَرى تَحتَ ظِلالٍ

لَكَ أَو تَحتَ رُواقِ

فَعَلى مِثلِكَ لا

تَنفُقُ أَعلاقُ النِفاقِ