خُذ مِن يَقينِكَ ما تَجلو الظُنونَ بِهِ

وَإِن بَدا لَكَ أَمرٌ مُشكِلٌ فَدَعِ

Take from your certainty what dispels doubts,

And if a complex matter appears to you, leave it be.

قَد يُصبِحُ المَرءُ فيما لَيسَ يُدرِكُهُ

مُعَلَّقَ البالِ بَينَ اليَأسِ وَالطَمَعِ

One may find himself in what he cannot comprehend,

With his mind suspended between despair and hope.

لَم يَعمَلِ الناسُ في التَصحيحِ بَينَهُمُ

فَاِضطَرَّ بَعضُهُمُ بَعضاً إِلى الخُدَعِ

People did not work to reform among themselves,

So some of them forced others into deception.