1. إِنقِطاعُ الأَيّامِ عَنّي سَريعُ

    إِنَّ ما عِندَ اللَهِ لَيسَ يَضيعُ

    My days are swiftly slipping away.

    Indeed, what is with God is not lost.

  2. عَجَباً إِنَّ مَن تَعَبَّدَتِ الدُن

    يا بَصيرٌ أَعمى أَصَمٌّ سَميعُ

    How strange! One whom the world has enslaved

    sees yet is blind, is deaf yet hears.

  3. كَم تَعَلَّلتَ بِالمُنى وَكأَنّي

    بِكَ يا ذا المُنى وَأَنتَ صَريعُ

    How often you have soothed yourself with hopes—and I can almost see

    you, O man of hopes, lying struck down.

  4. خَلَعَتكَ الدُنيا مِنَ الدينِ حَتّى

    صِرتَ تَبغي الدُنيا وَأَنتَ خَليعٌ

    The world has stripped you of faith until

    you have become a dissolute seeker of the world.

  5. وَبَديعُ السَماءِ وَالأَرضِ يَكفي

    كَ فَسَلِّم لَهُ وَأَنتَ مُطيعُ

    And the Originator of heaven and earth suffices

    for you; so submit to Him obediently.

  6. سائِلُ اللَهِ لا يَخيبُ وَجارُ ال

    لَهِ مِن كُلِّ يَومِ بُؤسٍ مَنيعُ

    One who asks God is not disappointed, and one under

    God's protection is secure from every day of misery.

  7. طاعَةُ اللَهِ خَيرُ زادٍ إِلَيهِ

    حِكمَةُ اللَهِ لِلقُلوبِ رَبيعُ

    Obedience to God is the best provision for the journey to Him;

    God's wisdom is springtime for hearts.

  8. وَجَنابُ الإِفسادِ مُرٌّ وَبيءٌ

    وَجَنابُ الإِصلاحِ حُلوٌ مَريعُ

    And corruption's domain is bitter and pestilential,

    and reform's domain is sweet and fertile.

  9. إِنَّما العَيشُ ما صَفا لَكَ إِن نِل

    تَ وَما نِلتَهُ وَأَنتَ وَديعُ

    Life is only what comes to you unclouded, if you attain it,

    and what you attain while you are at peace.

  10. عَجَباً زُيِّنَت لَنا زينَةُ الدُن

    يا وَمَن تَحتِها سِمامٌ نَقيعُ

    How strange! The world's finery is made alluring to us,

    yet beneath it lies potent poison!

  11. نَتَعامى وَنَحنُ نَسعى لِغَيٍّ

    كَيفَ نَبقى وَالمَوتُ فينا ذَريعُ

    We feign blindness while we hasten toward error;

    how can we endure, when death is rampant among us?

  12. اِصنَعِ الخَيرَ ما اِستَطَعتَ إِلى النا

    سِ وَبِاللَهِ وَحدَهُ تَستَطيعُ

    Do good to people as much as you can,

    and through God alone are you able.

  13. وَاِبسِطِ الوَجهَ لِلشَفيعِ وَإِلّا

    كانَ أَولى بِالفَضلِ مِنكَ الشَفيعُ

    And show the intercessor a cheerful face; otherwise,

    the intercessor would deserve more credit than you.

  14. أَيُّ شَيءٍ يَكونُ أَعجَبُ مِمّا

    يَلعَبُ الناسُ وَالفَناءُ سَريعُ

    What could be more astonishing than this:

    people play while their end comes swiftly?