1. وَجَدتُ الحَياةَ طَريقَ الزُمَر

    إِلى بَعثَةٍ وَشُؤونٍ أُخَر

    I have found life to be the road of multitudes

    To resurrection and other affairs.

  2. وَما باطِلاً يَنزِلُ النازِلون

    وَلا عَبَثاً يُزمِعونَ السَفَر

    And those who alight do not do so in vain,

    Nor do they resolve upon the journey without purpose.

  3. فَلا تَحتَقِر عالَماً أَنتَ فيهِ

    وَلا تَجحَدِ الآخَرَ المُنتَظَر

    So do not disdain a world you dwell in,

    Nor deny the other world that awaits.

  4. وَخُذ لَكَ زادَينِ مِن سيرَةٍ

    وَمِن عَمَلٍ صالِحٍ يُدَّخَر

    And take two provisions for yourself: conduct,

    And righteous work stored up.

  5. وَكُن في الطَريقِ عَفيفَ الخُطا

    شَريفَ السَماعِ كَريمَ النَظَر

    And on the road, be pure in your steps,

    Honorable in your listening, noble in your gaze.

  6. وَلا تَخلُ مِن عَمَلٍ فَوقَهُ

    تَعِش غَيرَ عَبدٍ وَلا مُحتَقَر

    And never be without work along the way,

    You will live neither a slave nor despised.

  7. وَكُن رَجُلاً إِن أَتَوا بَعدَهُ

    يَقولونَ مَرَّ وَهَذا الأَثَر

    And be a man of whom, if others come after him,

    They say, "He passed, and here is his trace."