1. شاقَ من رَوْض الأماني أرَجُه

    ولأمْر ما شَجاني مَدْرَجُهْ

    The fragrance from the garden of hopes stirred my longing,

    and, for some reason, its course grieved me.

  2. خُيِّلت لي أنها تَصدقُني

    وخيالاتُ الفَتى تَسْتَدْرِجُهْ

    It seemed to me that they would keep faith with me,

    and a young man's fancies lure him on.

  3. فإذا أكْذَبُ شْيء فجرُها

    ولَقد غرّ الحِجا مُنْبَلِجُهْ

    Then behold: their dawn is the most deceitful of things,

    and its first light has indeed deceived reason.

  4. يا شَقيقَ النفسِ أوصيك وإنْ

    شَقّ في الإخْلاصِ مَا تَنْتهِجُهْ

    O kindred soul, I counsel you, even if

    the course you follow in sincerity proves hard:

  5. لا تَبِتْ في كَمَدٍ من كَبَد

    رُبّ ضِيقٍ عادَ رَحْباً حرجُهْ

    Do not spend the night in grief over hardship;

    many a strait has seen its narrow confines grow wide.

  6. وبِلُطف اللّهِ أصْبِحْ واثِقاً

    كُلُّ كَرْبٍ فَعَلَيْه فَرَجُهْ

    And greet the morning confident in God's kindness:

    every distress—its relief rests with Him.