1. هُمُ المعذَّبون في ال

    أرضِ وهذه الفِئَه

    They are the tormented on the

    earth, and this group—

  2. رَأيتَني مِنهُم لذَا

    بُعدىَ عنهُم سَيّئَه

    you have seen me among them; therefore

    my distance from them is a misdeed.

  3. وَلي صديقٌ واحدٌ

    قَد قالَ قولاً بَرَّاه

    And I have one friend

    who uttered a remark he fashioned:

  4. لِسِفرِهِم لا تَقتَنِي

    والرَّأيُ أن لا تَقرَأه

    “Do not acquire their book;

    the advice is not to read it.”

  5. وإذا أنا مِنهُمُ فَاق

    تِنَاؤهُ لي أرجأه

    And if I am one of them, then ac-

    quiring it for me—he deferred it [wording unclear],

  6. رَغما عن الواحِد بل

    رغماً عن الخَمسِمائه

    despite the one—nay,

    despite the five hundred.