لِسَانُك للدُّنيا عَدُوُّ مُشَاحِن

لِسَانُك للدُّنيا عَدُوُّ مُشَاحِن

وقلبُك فِيها لِلّسانِ مُبايِنُ

وقلبُك فِيها لِلّسانِ مُبايِنُ

Your tongue is a quarrelsome enemy of the world,

Your tongue is hostile to this world full of strife

and your heart is at odds with your tongue about it.

While your heart differs therein from your tongue

وما ضَرَّها ما قُلتَ فِيهَا وقَد صَفا

وما ضَرَّها ما قُلتَ فِيهَا وقَد صَفا

لَهَا مِنكَ وُدّ في فُؤَادِكَ كامِنُ

لَهَا مِنكَ وُدّ في فُؤَادِكَ كامِنُ

What you have said about it has not harmed it, for sincere

It harms not what you say of it, for sincere

is the love you bear it, hidden in your heart.

Is the love in your heart for it, though hidden