1. O you who verbally promise everything
While miserliness prevents its fulfillment
١. يا مُطمِعي لَفظاً بِكُلَّه
وَالبُخلُ يَمنَعُ مِن لَعَلِّه
2. Your time has been unfair, so wait
For justice to recur in its procedure
٢. قَد جارَ دَهرُكَ فَاِنتَظَر
نا عَودَةً مِن رَسمِ عَدلِه
3. Like the sea that holds back its salt
And fresh water, and holds them back stingily
٣. كَالبَحرِ يَمنَعُ مِلحَهُ
وَرداً وَيَمنَعُهُ بِبُخلِه
4. O farm of hopes when
Its fingers clung to its rope
٤. يا ضَيعَةَ الآمالِ إِذ
عَلِقَت أَنامِلُها بِحَبلِه
5. And appointments that floated
Despite the elevation, bound by expectation
٥. وَمَواعِدٍ رَسَفَت عَلى
رَغمِ العُلا في قَيدِ مَطلِه
6. O mercy for happiness
That morning found bound in ignorance
٦. يا رَحمَةً لِسَعادَةٍ
قضد أَصبَحَت في قَيدِ جَهلِه
7. As for his rule, it has
Witnessed the supreme with his isolation
٧. أَمّا وِلايَتُهُ فَقَد
شَهِدَت عَلى العَليا بِعَزلِه
8. Beware of jesting seriously
You are of the signs of his jest
٨. إِيّاكَ مِن جِدِّ الزَما
نِ فَأَنتَ مِن آياتِ هَزلِه
9. Thanks to a Lord I have not ceased
Turning in the grace of His grace
٩. شُكراً لِرَبٍّ لَم أَزَل
مُتَقَلِّباً في فَضلِ فَضلِه
10. If a country narrowed around me
The generous one is not narrowed by his travels
١٠. إِن ضاقَ بي بَلَدٌ فَما
ضاقَ الكَريمُ بِشَدِّ رَحلِه
11. And he excused the shortcoming one
As loyalty in its place
١١. وَبِنَفسِهِ عُذِرَ المُقَصِّ
رُ ما الوَفاءُ عَلى مَحَلِّه
12. If his plains became too small
Leave him busy with his place
١٢. إِن أَمحَلَت ساحاتُهُ
فَاِترُكهُ مَشغولاً بِمَحلِه
13. And supporting a family, which
His lack of reason has pained with him
١٣. وَيَعولُ أَهلاً قَد أَلِم
تُ لَدَيهِمُ مِن نَقصِ عَقلِه
14. And if he reflects on his affair
Then his departure is best for his family
١٤. وَإِذا تَأَمَّلَ أَمرَهُ
فَرَحيلُهُ أَولى بِأَهلِه