1. إِن شِئتَ أن تَحظَى بِما

    يُهدي إلى العقل الإنارَه

    If you wish to attain that which

    Brings illumination to the mind,

  2. عُد المرارةِ كالحلا

    وَةِ والحَلاوةَ كالمرارَه

    Regard bitterness as sweetness,

    And sweetness as bitterness;

  3. فبعكس ذينِ كأَنَّما

    تَضَعُ السِراجَ على المَنارَه

    For by reversing these two, it is as though

    You set the lamp upon the lampstand.

  4. وتَجنَّبَن ما دُمتَ حَيّاً

    خمرةً فهيَ العَهارَه

    And, as long as you live, shun

    Wine, for it is lewdness.

  5. والمسكُ أَوجِبهُ عليكَ

    لتنتفي عنكَ الشَطارَه

    And make self-restraint binding upon yourself,

    So that roguery may leave you.

  6. انَّ الإِماتةَ والتَوا

    ضُعَ قَد يُميتانِ الدَعارَه

    Indeed, mortification and humility

    May put debauchery to death.

  7. وهُما لمن يبغي الطَها

    رةَ كالإِشارةِ والإِمارَه

    And for whoever seeks purity, these two

    Are like a sign and a token.

  8. فَلنَخرُجَنَّ إلى يسو

    عَ ونحنُ محتملونَ عارَه

    So let us go forth to Jesus,

    Bearing his reproach.

  9. وأبيكَ انك لن تَرى

    فِصحَ المسيحِ ولا دِيارَه

    And by your father, surely you will not see

    Christ's Passover, nor his dwellings,

  10. إن لم تَلَهَّن قبلُ بال

    خُبزِ الفطيرِ مع المَرارَه

    If you have not first partaken of

    Unleavened bread with bitterness.