1. The lamp is our companion with its good,
Wretched is he whose evil is manifest.
١. إن السراج رفيقنا مع خيره
تعساه شرّ مبيناً متبين
2. True are the words of the one who said in his proverbs:
Verily the lamp smokes according to its wick.
٢. صدقَ الذي قد قالَ في أمثاله
إنَّ السراج على سناه يدخّنُ