1. The spirit of the one who loves Him is in His hand
The sword of rebuff on the highest of its sheath
١. وَشادِنٍ روحُ مَن يَهواهُ في يَدِهِ
سَيفُ الصُدودِ عَلى أَعلى مُقَلَّدِهِ
2. It did not shake towards a limb for it to sever
Except it was protected by a shield of its patience
٢. ما اِهتَزَّ مِنهُ عَلى عُضوٍ لِيَبتُرَهُ
إِلّا اِتَّقاهُ بِتُرسٍ مِن تَجَلُّدِهِ
3. Time has blamed it among his loved ones
There did not blame it from its full moon in praising its Ahmad
٣. ذَمَّ الزَمانُ إِلَيهِ مِن أَحِبَّتِهِ
ما ذَمَّ مِن بَدرِهِ في حَمدِ أَحمَدِهِ
4. A sun when the sun met him on a horse
The light hesitated in it from his hesitation
٤. شَمسٌ إِذا الشَمسُ لاقَتهُ عَلى فَرَسٍ
تَرَدَّدَ النورُ فيها مِن تَرَدُّدِهِ
5. If beauty is ugly except at its rising
Then the servant is ugly except at his master
٥. إِن يَقبُحِ الحُسنُ إِلّا عِندَ طَلعَتِهِ
فَالعَبدُ يَقبُحُ إِلّا عِندَ سَيِّدِهِ
6. She said about the Tigris: good soul, so I said to her
The freeman issues only after its confluence
٦. قالَت عَنِ الرِفدِ طِب نَفساً فَقُلتُ لَها
لا يَصدُرُ الحُرُّ إِلّا بَعدَ مَورِدِهِ
7. I did not know good except since I knew a young man
Generosity did not give birth except at his birth
٧. لَم أَعرِفِ الخَيرَ إِلّا مُذ عَرَفتُ فَتىً
لَم يولَدِ الجودُ إِلّا عِندَ مَولِدِهِ
8. A soul that diminishes the soul of time from pride
Which has the prohibition of its old age at the age of its eternity
٨. نَفسٌ تُصَغِّرُ نَفسَ الدَهرِ مِن كِبَرٍ
لَها نُهى كَهلِهِ في سِنِّ أَمرِدِهِ