وَأَصلُ الحَزمِ أَن تُضحي

وَرَبُّكَ عَنكَ في الحالاتِ راضِ

To be resolute is to make sacrifice

And your Lord is pleased with you in hard times

وَأَن تَعتاضَ بِالتَخليطِ رُشداً

فَإِنَّ الرُشدَ مِن خَيرِ اِعتِياضِ

Wisdom lies in mixing with the righteous

For virtue comes from good company

وَدَع عَنكَ الَّذي يُغوي وَيُردي

وَيورثُ طولَ حُزنٍ وَاِرتِماضِ

Leave what misleads and ruins

And brings prolonged sorrow and distress

وَخُذ بِاللَيلِ حَظَّ النَفسِ وَاِطرُد

عَنِ العَينَينِ مَحبوبَ الغِماضِ

Take comfort for your soul at night and banish

From your eyes the alluring slumber

فَإِنَّ الغافِلينَ ذَوي التَواني

نَظائِرُ لِلبَهائِمِ في الغِياضِ

The heedless and procrastinating

Are like beasts grazing in the meadows