إذا جُددتْ نعمةُ لامرئٍ

فتكميلُها جدَّةُ العافيَهْ

If grace is renewed for a man,

Then completing it is renewed good health.

وبالشكر قُدِّر تجديدُها

وللَّه بعدُ يدٌ شافيه

And with gratitude its renewal was ordained,

Afterwards God's hand is healing.

ولو صُفِّيتْ كان أصفى لها

ولكنَّ دُنيا الفتى جافيه

And if it were purified it would be purer for it,

But the world of the youth is arid.

ولولا مُكدرةٌ رَنْقَةٌ

لما قُدِّرت قَدرَها صافيه

And were it not for the turbid vileness,

Its value would not be ordained as pure.

ولا بدَّ للمرءِ من محنةٍ

لفتنةِ نَعمائِه نافيه

And a man must have affliction,

To test the temptations of his blessings.

ودولتُكم قد جرتْ ريحُها

مُسدَّدَةَ الجري لا هافيه

And your fortunes have blown their winds,

Directed straight blowing without swerving.

ولا بدَّ للريح من أن تكو

ن في بعضِ هَبَّاتها سافيه

And the winds must be

Raging in some of its gusts.

فصبراً وعَافيةً غضّةً

وأمناً إلى مئةٍ وافيه

So patience and fresh health,

And safety to a hundred well-matched.

فداكُم من السوء ضدٌّ لكم

مخازيه باديةٌ خافيه

May those opposed to you protect you from harm,

Concealed opponents in the wilderness.

وليست بعاليةٍ حالُه

ولكنها جِيفة طافيه

And his state is not lofty,

But it is a drifting carcass.

ولولا كراهةُ إملالِكم

خطبتُ إلى آخرِ القافيه

And were it not for disliking to bore you,

I would have continued to the last rhyme.