كَم إِلى كَم أَنتَ لِلحِر

صِ وَلِلآمالِ عَبدُ

How long to how long are you a slave

To hope and desire, ceaseless your toil

لَيسَ يُجدي الحِرصُ وَالسَع

يُ إِذا لَم يَكُ جَدُّ

Striving and seeking help not at all

If Providence's design you defy

ما لِما قَدَّرَ اللَ

هُ مِنَ الأَمرِ مَرَدُّ

What God decrees none can deny

By ill-fortune some are beset

قَد جَرى بِالشَرِّ نَحسٌ

وَجَرى بِالخَيرِ سَعدُ

By good fortune some are blessed

Mortals are ruled by the flow

وَجَرى الناسُ عَلى جَر

يِهِما قَبلُ وَبَعدُ

Of these two, before and after all

Trust not in Fate, for Fate betrays

أَمِنوا الدَهرَ وَما لِل

دَهرِ وَالأَيّامِ عَهدُ

Those who on passing days rely

In multitudes they were misled

غالَهُم فَاِصطَلَمَ الجَم

عُ وَأَفنى ما أَعَدّوا

Scattered, wasted, now they lie

This world, do not be fooled

إِنَّها الدُنيا فَلا تَح

فِل بِها جَزرٌ وَمَدُّ

By its ebb, its flow, its tide