1. What does the envious one hope for with his effort,
When the Master intends to honor His servant?

2. And if God wills to aid the successful one,
The angels of heaven are made his troops.

3. God has a secret in His servants and a wisdom
That leaves the rightly-guided one absent from his guidance.

4. He decrees what He desires, so ask about His act,
If you wish, but do not ask about His purpose.

5. And time is like a garden among its men,
The thorns must hurt the one who picks its roses.

6. If we had not tasted the bitterness of patience yesterday,
We would not know the sweetness of its honey today.

7. Do not praise the matter you have seen
Until it is complete, so stop there with praising it.

8. And if you have gained a dirham of friendship,
Task the trials of time with its payment.

9. The true friend is the one steadfast in loyalty
In the time of dire poverty, not in prosperity.

10. The people of friendship in misfortunes are few,
And all are the fellows of the youth in his good fortune.

11. The beauty is not for he who makes a pact with a friend,
Rather the beauty is for he who keeps his pact.

12. He who does not keep sincere affection for people
Cannot preserve the love that is right for his Lord.

13. O blessing of God, you who have blessing from Him
And honor from His side.

14. God has promised the steadfast His support,
Do not think God reneges on His promise.

15. How many a cutting sword of harm
Has been sheathed while sleeping in its scabbard?

16. And how much empty thunderous cloud
Whose lightning shook from its thunder?

17. He who lives in this time is in need
Of patience for the heat of time and its cold.

18. Illness does not sadden the young man with its arrival,
As he rejoices at its departure.

19. If you have been loyal, thus it is
The Great King has been good in supporting you.

20. You shared with him yesterday in his troubles,
And today you are his partner in his glory.