1. أَيا مَن تَناقَصَ مِنهُ الحَياءُ

    وَلا يَتَناقَصُ مِنهُ الوَفاءُ

    O you whose sense of shame has dwindled,

    yet whose loyalty does not dwindle:

  2. لِأَيَّةِ حالٍ جُفينا وَما

    عَهِدناكَ يُثنيكَ عَنّا جَفاءُ

    For what reason have we been shunned, when never

    have we known you to be turned from us by coldness?

  3. كَذا الأَتقِياءَ كَذا الأَنقِياءُ

    كَذا الأَصفِياءُ كَذا الأَقرِباءُ

    Such are the pious, such are the pure!

    Such are true friends, such are kinsmen!

  4. أَناخَت عَلى كَبِدي عِلَّةٌ

    فَعادَ الرِجالِ وَعادَ النِساءُ

    An illness settled upon my liver,

    so men came to visit, and women came too.

  5. وَأَنتَ عَلى قُربِ ما بَينَنا

    كَأَنَّكَ في البُعدِ مِنّي السَماءُ

    And you, despite the closeness between us,

    are as far from me as the sky.

  6. فَإِن أَنا مُتُّ فَلا حيلَةٌ

    وَإِن أَنا عِشتُ فَعِندي الجَزاءُ

    So if I die, there is no remedy;

    and if I live, I shall repay you.