يا من يؤمل بالتمني راحة
من طول همّ مؤلم وعناء
O you who hopes that wishing brings relief
From prolonged, painful anxiety and toil,
خل التمني فهو هم شاغل
ومن الدواء مهيج للداء
Leave off with wishing, for it is a preoccupying sorrow,
And from the remedy an inflamer of the illness.
