إِذا حاجَةٌ وَلَّتكَ لَيسَ تَسطيعُها

فَخُذ طَرَفاً مِن حاجَةٍ لَيسَ تُسبَقُ

When a need turns you away, beyond your reach,

Take instead some smaller need you can overtake.

فَذَلِكَ أَحرى أَن تَنالَ جَسيمَها

وَلَلقَصدُ أَبقى في الأُمورِ وَأَرفَقُ

For that is best if you're to gain the most of it,

Since moderation is best in all affairs, and gentlest.