إِرضَ بِالعَيشِ عَلى كُلِّ حالٍ

تَتَّسِع فيهِ وَإِن كانَ ضَنكا

Be content with living every condition;

You will prosper even if it be narrow.

خَيرُ أَيّامِكَ إِن كُنتَ تَدري

يَومَ تُغشى يُرتَجى الخَيرُ مِنكا

The best of your days, if you but knew,

Is that in which good is hoped for from you.

إِغتَنِم حاجاً لِراجيكَ فيها

قَبلَ أَن يُغنِيَهُ اللَهُ عَنكا

Take advantage of one who needs you,

Before God makes him needless of you.