1. You wish to flee from worries, but there is not
A refuge to protect you from all this distress.
١. تَرجو الفِرارَ مِنَ الهُمومِ وَلَم يَكُن
يَحميكَ مِنها لَأمَةٌ ودِلاصُ
2. Who hopes for the impossible is so unwise -
For worry's a shackle from which there's no release.
٢. مَن يَرتَجي ما يَستَحيلُ فَجاهِلٌ
وَالهَمُّ قَيدٌ لَيسَ مِنهُ خَلاصُ