قانص الفرصة واعلم أنها

قانص الفرصة واعلم أنها

كمضي البرق تمضي الفرص

كمضي البرق تمضي الفرص

Hunt down opportunity, and know that

Seize opportunity and know that it

Seize the opportunity, and know full well

opportunities pass like a flash of lightning.

Passes like lightning do opportunities

That like a flash of lightning, opportunities slip away.

كم أمور أمكنت أمهلها

كم أمور أمكنت أمهلها

هي عندي إذ تولت غصص

هي عندي إذ تولت غصص

How many things were within reach, yet I put them off;

How many things I could have done

How many chances within my grasp did I delay,

once gone, they are choking sorrows to me.

Had I not been obsessed with worries

Which now, having passed, leave me choking with regret.

بادر الكنز الذي ألفيته

بادر الكنز الذي ألفيته

وانتهز صيداً كبازٍ يقنص

وانتهز صيداً كبازٍ يقنص

Hasten to the treasure you have found,

Seek the treasure you have found

Hasten toward the treasure you have found,

and seize prey like a hawk on the hunt.

And grasp like a falcon hunting prey

And seize your prey like a falcon on the hunt.