نَصَحتُكَ يا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ نُصحي

نَصَحتُكَ يا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ نُصحي

رَخيصٌ يا رَفيقي لِلصَديقِ

رَخيصٌ يا رَفيقي لِلصَديقِ

I advised you, O Muhammad; indeed, my counsel

I advised you, O Muhammad, though my counsel

costs little, O my companion, for a friend.

Is cheap, my friend, for a true friend's sake,

فَلَم تَقبَل وَكَم مِن نُصحِ وُدٍّ

فَلَم تَقبَل وَكَم مِن نُصحِ وُدٍّ

أُضيعَ فَحادَ عَن وَضَحِ الطَريقِ

أُضيعَ فَحادَ عَن وَضَحِ الطَريقِ

Yet you did not accept it—and how much loving counsel

Yet you did not accept it, and how much good advice

was wasted, so he strayed from the clear path!

Has been wasted, and one turned from the clear path.