إن السراج رفيقنا مع خيره

تعساه شرّ مبيناً متبين

The lamp is our companion with its good,

Wretched is he whose evil is manifest.

صدقَ الذي قد قالَ في أمثاله

إنَّ السراج على سناه يدخّنُ

True are the words of the one who said in his proverbs:

Verily the lamp smokes according to its wick.