إذا بتَّ والفكر تستخرجا

ن مفتاح أمر عسير الغلق

When you stay up at night thinking,

You find the key to unlock a difficult matter.

وأنت لأمر العلا مؤثرٌ

على كل ناعمة المعتنق

And you prefer the matter of knowledge,

Over every delicate necklace.

وأبدى لك الصبح عن واضحي

نِ رأيك منبلجاً والفلق

And dawn has shown you clearly,

Your radiant opinion and daybreak.

فلله صبحك ماذا جلا

ولله ليلك ماذا وسق

So your morning is for Allah, what has it uncovered?

And your night is for Allah, what has it brought?

وإما أجرت من الحادثا

ت جاراً فليس عليه رهق

Either you have made events,

A profitable trader, so it does not burden him.

يرى الدهر جارك في شاهق

تأزَّر من لجة وانطلق

Time sees your trader in loftiness,

Having girded himself from turbulence and set forth.

وقد عَلِقَت قبضتاه عُرى

بها عصم الله تلك الوُثَق

His hands have clung to the ties,

With which Allah has protected those bonds.

فهل من سبيل إلى مثله

أبى الله ذاك على من خلق

Is there a way to one like him?

Allah has refused that, for those He created.

فدونكها يا ابن سيف الملو

ك لهو المجالس زاد الرُّفَق

So be like him, O son of the kings of rule,

For gentleness is the increase of amiability.