إِذا أَنتَ لَم تأَخُذ مِن الناسِ عِصمَةً

إِذا أَنتَ لَم تأَخُذ مِن الناسِ عِصمَةً

تُشَدُّ بِها في راحَتَيكَ الأَصابِعُ

تُشَدُّ بِها في راحَتَيكَ الأَصابِعُ

If you do not secure a safeguard from people,

If you do not take people's protection

by which your fingers are bound tight within your palms,

To tighten between your fingers in comfort

شَرِبتَ بِطَرقِ الماءِ حَيثُ وَجَدتَهُ

شَرِبتَ بِطَرقِ الماءِ حَيثُ وَجَدتَهُ

عَلى كَدَرٍ واِستَعبَدَتكَ المَطامِعُ

عَلى كَدَرٍ واِستَعبَدَتكَ المَطامِعُ

you will drink water muddied by hooves wherever you find it,

You will drink from the water's paths wherever you find it

despite its murk, and covetous desires will enslave you.

Turbid, and greed will enslave you

وَإِنّي لمِمّا أَلبَسُ الثَوبَ ضَيِّقاً

وَإِنّي لمِمّا أَلبَسُ الثَوبَ ضَيِّقاً

وَأَتركُ لِبسَ الثَوبِ وَالثَوبُ واسِعُ

وَأَتركُ لِبسَ الثَوبِ وَالثَوبُ واسِعُ

And indeed I sometimes wear a tight garment,

And I, from what I wear the garment tight

and forgo wearing a garment though it is roomy.

And leave off wearing the garment, though it be ample

وَأَصرِفُ عَن بَعضِ المِياهِ مَطيَّتي

وَأَصرِفُ عَن بَعضِ المِياهِ مَطيَّتي

إِذا أَعجَبَت بَعضَ الرِجالِ المَشارِعُ

إِذا أَعجَبَت بَعضَ الرِجالِ المَشارِعُ

And I turn my mount away from some waters,

And I turn my mount from some of the waters

when the watering places please some men.

If some men monopolize the roads