خُذ مِنَ العَيشِ ما كَفى

وَمِنَ الدَهرِ ما صَفا

Take from life what suffices

And from time what is pure

لا تلحنَّ بالبكا

ءِ على منزلٍ عفا

Do not grieve with tears

Over an abode that perished

حَسُنَ الغَدرُ في الأَنا

مِ كَما اِستُقبِحَ الوَفا

Betrayal is fair in people

As loyalty was deemed ugly

صِل أَخا الوَصلِ إِنَّهُ

لَيسَ بِالهَجرِ مَن جَفا

Reconcile a brother of connection, for

He who abandoned is not of those who resented

خَلِّ عَنكَ العِتابَ إِن

خانَ ذو الوُدِّ أَو هَفا

Spare your reproach if

One of affection betrayed or was frivolous

عَينُ مَن لايُريدُ وَص

لَكَ تُبدي لَكَ الجَفا

The eye of one who wants no connection with you

Shows you nothing but resentment