كَم مِن فَتىً تُسفِرُ أَفعالُهُ

عَن غُرَرٍ مُشرِقَةٍ ناضِرَه

How many a young man's deeds reveal

Radiant, shining virtues

إِن يُحسِنِ المَرءُ لَهُ نِيَّةً

كانَ الَّذي نِيَّتُهُ طاهِرَه

If a person intends good

His intention being pure

مُنعَكِفَ الوَجهِ عَلى قِبلَةٍ

لَو نَطَقَت كانَت لَهُ شاكِرَه

Devotedly facing a direction

That if it spoke would thank him

إِن نَفَرَت نَفسُ اِمرِئٍ مِن تُقىً

لَم تَكُ مِنهُ نَفسُهُ نافِرَه

If a person's soul recoils from piety

His own soul will not recoil from him

لَم يَجعَلِ الغَيَّ لَهُ مَتجَراً

فَلَم تَكُن كَرَّتُهُ خاسِرَه

He did not make sin a trade

So his capital was not lost

لَيسَ الفَتى غَيرَ مَن

لَم يُؤثِرِ الدُنيا عَلى الآخِرَه

A young man is none other than one

Who prefers the hereafter over worldly life