وعجّلِ البرَّ فما يستوي

يا سيّدي العاجلُ والآجلُ

Hasten to do good, for it now avails;

My master, soon and late are not the same.

لا زلتَ في عزٍّ وفي نعمةٍ

ما اهتزّ غصنٌ ناعمٌ ذابلُ

Thou still in honour and in ease abide;

No tender branch when faded turns again.