1. Time passes as you see, so seize the moment
To reach completeness or cycles that decay.
١. دَهرٌ يَمُرُّ كَما تَرى فَأَهلَّةٌ
تَنمي لِتَكمُلَ أَو بُدورٌ تَسقَمُ
2. You'd love to hear praise that you're so pure,
So devout and kind - but you're corrupt decay.
٢. وَتُحِبُّ أَن يُثنى عَلَيكَ بِأَنَّكَ ال
بَرُّ التَقيُّ وَأَنتَ صِلٌّ أَرقَمُ
3. To claim your character is worth learning
Is to hope for honey and get bitter gall.
٣. وَشَهادَةٌ لَكَ أَنَّ خُلقَكَ يُجتَنى
لِيُصابَ شَهداً وَهوَ صابٌ عَلقَمُ
4. You reap as you sow, avenging what you hate,
Blind that your own deeds will come back to appall.
٤. تَجني فَتَنقُمُ ما كَرِهتَ وَكُلُّ ما
تَجنيهِ تَحسَبُ أَنَّهُ لا يَنقُمُ