1. أَجيرَتَنا لا جمَع اللَّه شَملَنا

    فَما أَنتُمُ إلّا الذّئابُ الأطالسُ

    O our neighbors, may God never bring us together!

    For you are nothing but dusky-gray wolves.

  2. وَما أنتُمُ إلّا سَرابٌ بقِيعَةٍ

    تُغرُّ بِرُؤياه الظِّماءُ الخوامسُ

    And you are nothing but a mirage on a level plain,

    whose sight beguiles thirsty camels awaiting their fifth-day watering.

  3. وَما أنتُمُ فيما رَجاكمْ وَما دَرى

    لِمَنفَعةٍ إلّا الطُّلولُ الدَّوارسُ

    And to one who hoped in you, not knowing,

    you are of no more use than time-worn ruins.

  4. بَذلتُ لَكُمْ منّي الوِدَادَ تكرّماً

    وَما فيكُمُ إلّا الّذي هو شامسُ

    I offered you my affection out of generosity,

    yet none among you is anything but unyielding.

  5. وَلانَ لَكُمْ صَعبي وأَغصانُ دوحتي

    وأغصانُكمْ لِي كلَّ يومٍ يوابِسُ

    And my sternness and the boughs of my spreading tree grew pliant for you,

    while your boughs are dry for me day after day.

  6. مَتى اِمتَلأتْ أَبصارُكمْ مِن فَضيلتي

    فَفيهنّ عُوّارٌ بها ونواخسُ

    Whenever your eyes are filled with my excellence,

    it brings them soreness and stinging pains.

  7. وَإِنْ تُنبئوا عنّي بأدنى مسرّةٍ

    فَلَيسَ لَكُمْ إلّا الوجوه العوابسُ

    And if you report even the slightest joy of mine,

    then you have nothing but scowling faces to show.

  8. وَهَل حَسَدُ الأقوامِ طاروا إلى العُلا

    وَأَنتمْ بِطاءُ الخَطْو إلّا وَساوسُ

    And is envy of those who have soared to the heights,

    while you are slow of step, anything but idle imaginings?

  9. فَلا وَرَدتْ ماءً زُلالاً مشافرٌ

    وَلا حُبِيتْ مِنكمْ بخيرٍ معاطسُ

    So may your camel-lips never reach clear, sweet water,

    and may no nose among you be favored with good.

  10. وَلا كنتُمُ إلّا كَما تَكرهونَهُ

    وَلا اِعتادَكمْ نوءٌ من الرّزق راجسُ

    And may you be nothing but what you loathe,

    and may no thundering rainstorm of sustenance return to you.