1. إفْتَتِحُوا النَّادِي أَوِ اقْفِلُوا

    سَيكْثُرُ القُوْل وَلَنْ تَفْعَلُوا

    Open the club, or shut it down.

    Talk will abound, but you will not act.

  2. بي وَجَلٌ مِما سَتَأْتُونَهْ

    وَرُبَّمَا أَخْطَأَ مَنْ يُوجِلُ

    I am apprehensive about what you will do.

    And perhaps the one who causes alarm is mistaken.

  3. إِنِّي لأَخْشَى فَشَلاً فَاضحاً

    فَكَذِّبُوا ظَنِّي وَلاَ تَفْشَلُوا

    I truly fear a disgraceful failure.

    So prove my misgivings wrong, and do not fail.