1. رَضيتُ لِنَفسي بِغَيرِ الرِضا

    وَكُلٌّ سَيُجزى بِما أَقرَضا

    I have accepted for myself something other than contentment,

    and each will be repaid for what he has lent.

  2. بُليتُ بِدارٍ رَأَيتُ الحَكيمَ

    لِزَهرَتِها قالِياً مُعرِضا

    I have been tried by an abode where I have seen the sage

    loathing its bloom and turning away.

  3. سَيَمضي الَّذي هُوَ مُستَقبِلٌ

    مُضِيَّ الَّذي مَرَّ بي فَاِنقَضى

    What lies ahead will pass,

    as did what passed me by and came to an end.

  4. وَإِنّا لَفي مَنزِلٍ لَم نَزَل

    نَراهُ حَقيقاً بِأَن يُرفَضا

    And indeed we are in an abode we have never ceased

    to regard as worthy of being cast aside.

  5. قَضى اللَهُ فيهِ عَلَينا الفَنا

    لَهُ الحَمدُ شُكراً عَلى ما قَضى

    God has decreed that we perish within it;

    to Him be praise, in gratitude for what He has decreed.