1. إِذا ما اِستَهَلَّ الطِفلُ قالَ وُلاتُهُ

    وَإِن صَمَتوا عانِ الخُطوبَ وَرَشقَها

    When the infant first cries, his guardians say—

    even if they remain silent—“Endure calamities and their volleys.

  2. شَقينا بِدُنيانا عَلى طولِ دُدِّها

    فَدونَكَ مارِسها حَياتَكَ وَاِشقَها

    We have suffered in our world, despite its long diversions;

    so take it on: grapple with it all your life, and suffer through it.

  3. وَلا تُظهِرَنَّ الزُّهدَ فيها فَكُلُّنا

    شَهيدٌ بِأَنَّ القَلبَ يُضمِرُ عِشقَها

    And never display ascetic detachment from it, for each of us

    bears witness that the heart harbors a secret passion for it.”