1. حَدِّثينا قَرَيبَ ما تَأمُرينا

    إِنَّ قَلبي أَمسى بِهِندٍ رَهينا

    Tell us, Qarib, what you bid us.

    My heart has indeed become Hind's captive.

  2. ما أُراهُ إِلّا سَيَقضي عَلَيهِ

    ناظِرُ الحُبِّ خَشيَةَ أَن تَبينا

    I see only that it will be destroyed

    by love's eye, for fear that she may depart.

  3. ثُمَّ قالَت وَدِدتُ أَنَّ شِفاءً

    لَكَ يُحمى مِنهُ الغَداةَ يَقينا

    Then she said, 'I wish there were a cure

    for you that would surely provide protection from it this morning.'

  4. إِن نَأَت غُربَةٌ بِهِندٍ فَإِنّا

    قَد خَشينا أَن لا تُقارِبَ حينا

    If exile carries Hind far away, then we

    have indeed feared she may not draw near for a while.

  5. فَأَشارَت بِأَنَّ قَلبي مَريضٌ

    مِن هَواكُم يُجِنُّ وَجداً رَصينا

    So she indicated that my heart was ill,

    from love for you, concealing a deep-rooted passion.

  6. فَاِلتَمَس ناصِحاً قَريباً مِنَ النُص

    حِ لَطيفاً لِما تُريدُ مَكينا

    So seek a sincere adviser, devoted to counsel,

    tactful and well placed for what you desire,

  7. لا يَخونُ الخَليلَ شَيئاً وَلَكِن

    رُبَّما يُحسَبُ المُطيعَ أَمينا

    who does not betray his close friend in any way; yet

    sometimes the obedient one is deemed trustworthy.

  8. فَيَرى فَعلَهُ فَيُسدي إِلَيهِ

    وَهوَ في ذاكَ بِالحَرى أَن يَخونا

    So he sees his conduct and bestows favors upon him,

    though in that he is more likely to betray.

  9. يَعلَمُ اللَهُ أَنَّهُ لَأَمينٌ

    قَبُحَت طينَةُ الخِيانَةِ طينا

    God knows that he is surely trustworthy.

    How vile a clay is the clay of treachery!