1. When a man succeeds in his guesses,
He rises, unties the knot of his troubles,

2. And returns to purify his sins,
And trots away from his vileness.

3. And realizes that the goods of life
Are but engravings that must be erased,

4. And that man owns nothing of his wealth
Except what he hopes to take to his grave.

5. He who is stingy with money for fear of misfortunes
Only brings misfortunes upon himself.

6. And happiest is he whose day
Is closer to goodness than yesterday's.

7. And he of insight, if he gained praise,
Would not care if time muted his bells.

8. And he whom hands of prayer raised up,
Time would bow his head down for him.

9. So he prospers if he was in misery,
And is fortunate if he was unlucky.

10. And the measure of a young man's intellect is his work,
By it, foolishness appears from his bag.

11. May it go well for the harvester if
The sickle struck true in his threshing.

12. Hammam is rain in his generosity,
Yet a lion in his valor.

13. I saw the home of transience transient,
And all sip from their cups.

14. And was certain of reward with certainty of one
Who sees it and hopes to touch it.

15. So he strived and gained from his time
Deeds that make his name last.

16. He built a school whose light distinguishes
The day, lending the sun its rays.

17. And a college to kindle the taking of knowledge,
Where reason is protected from misery.

18. And a mosque whose illumination
Nearly shows the dark dawn its sun.

19. And another bows into his lessons.
And yet another stands for prayers,

20. Seeking success in his fifth.
O what a mosque, bringing together

21. Faces shining with blessing!
A refuge for the pious, its seasons

22. Are the ritual worship of its kind.
Its trade never fails, it makes

23. Selling excel over its meanness.
So may its builder prosper, who planted

24. The crop of success from his sowing.
He will look upon the effects of what

25. His hands advanced in his composition.
May God grant him righteousness

26. And ward misfortunes from him.
And reward him after the age of eagles

27. With nearness of the sanctuaries.