Claude 2

  1. وغرّة مرّةٍ من فعل غرٍ

    وغرّة مرّتينِ فعالُ موقِ

    One slip from virtue is no great fall,

    But slip twice, and you cannot stand at all.

  2. فلا تفرح بأمرٍ قد تولى

    ولا تأيس من الأمرِ السحيقِ

    Do not rejoice too much at rising fortune,

    Nor weep too much at troubles when they befall.

  3. فأنَّ القربَ يبعدُ بعدَ قربٍ

    ويدنو البعدُ بالقدَرِ المسوقِ

    For nearness leads to farness in the end,

    And farness brings you near, as fate does call.

  4. ومن لم يتقِ الضحضاحَ زلت

    به قدماه في البحرِ العميقِ

    Who does not heed the ground beneath his feet

    May slip and fall into the deep sea's maw.

  5. وَما اِكتَسَبَ المَحامِدَ طالِبوها

    بِمِثلِ البِشرِ وَالوَجهِ الطَليقِ

    And they who seek for glory and renown

    Must earn it not through smiles but sweat and toil.