1. If you are gentle to one who was harsh, he will become gentle.
And if you are kind to one who was unkind, he will become kind.
١. إِذا أَنتَ لايَنتَ الَّتي خَشُنَت لانَت
وَإِن أَنتَ هَوَّنتَ الَّتي صَعُبَت هانَت
2. Many matters are adorned or disgraced.
Yet, affairs once maligned may later be held in high esteem.
٢. تَزينُ أُمورٌ أَو تَشينُ كَثيرَةٌ
أَلا رُبَّما شانَت أُمورٌ وَمازانَت
3. Events come and go quickly.
How often have events betrayed me, and how often have they let me down!
٣. وَتَأتي وَتَمضي الحادِثاتُ سَريعَةً
وَكَم غَدَرَتني الحادِثاتُ وَكَم خانَت
4. Religion will have a judge tomorrow on its day of judgment,
When people's souls will be judged for what they have done.
٤. وَلِلدينِ دَيّانٌ غَداً يَومَ فَصلِهِ
تُدانُ نُفوسُ الناسِ فيهِ بِما دانَت