1. دَورُ الوُجودِ لِعَيني

    بُكَورِهِ قَد تَسَلسَل

    The cycle of existence, to my eye,

    has unfolded in sequence through its turning.

  2. كَما لِآخِرِ آنٍ

    تاليهِ يُصبِحُ أَوَّل

    Just as, for the final moment,

    its successor becomes the first.

  3. وَذا مِثالٌ قَريبٌ

    عَنهُ البَعيدُ مُغَفَّل

    And this is a near example,

    of which the distant one is heedless.

  4. وَلَيسَ في الحَقِّ شَيءٌ

    بِباطِلِ الحَقِّ يُبطَل

    And there is nothing in truth

    that is nullified by truth's falsehood.

  5. وَمُجمَلُ القَولِ فيهِ

    بَينَ الأَنامِ مُفَصَّل

    And the gist of what is said of it

    is set out in detail among humankind.

  6. وَكُلُّ مَصروفِ مالٍ

    عَلى الوَكيلِ مُكَمَّل

    And every expenditure of money

    must be made good by the agent.

  7. فَعُذرُ كُلِّ مُضيعٍ

    لِحافِظٍ لَيسَ يُقبَل

    So every squanderer's excuse

    is not accepted by a keeper.