1. ذو غَضَبِ قاتِلي بِعِلَّتِهِ

    إِن لَم يُعِنّي الرِضا بِصُحبَتِهِ

    An angry one will slay me with his affliction,

    unless contentment aids me with its company.

  2. فَيا ثِقاتي هَل فيكُمُ أَحَدٌ

    يُرشِدُ مَن ضَلَّ في بَلِيَّتِهِ

    So, my trusted friends, is there anyone among you

    to guide one lost in his ordeal

  3. لِشادِنٍ زالَ عَدلُ رَحمَتِهِ

    عَنّي فَقاسَيتُ ظُلمَ قَسوَتِهِ

    over a young gazelle whose mercy's justice has departed

    from me, so that I have suffered his cruelty's injustice?

  4. ما رَبِحَت قَطُّ مُقلَتي سِنَةً

    في سوقِ تَغييرِهِ لِسُنَّتِهِ

    My eye has never gained a moment's drowsiness

    in the marketplace of his changing his ways.