مَن أَجابَ الهَوى إِلى كُلِّ ما يَد

عوهُ مِمّا يُضِلُّ ضَلَّ وَتاها

Whoever responds to passion in whatever

it calls him to of what misleads has strayed and lost his way

مَن رَأى عِبرَةً فَفَكَّرَ فيها

آذَنَتهُ بِالشَيءِ حينَ يَراها

Whoever sees an admonition and reflects upon it

it warns him about a thing when he sees it

رُبَّما اِستَغلَقَت أُمورٌ عَلى مَن

كانَ يَأتي الأُمورَ مِن مَأتاها

Sometimes matters are obscured to one

who handles matters from their origins

وَسَيَأوي إِلى يَدٍ كُلُّ ما تَأ

تي وَتَأتي إِلى يَدٍ حُسناها

And everything that comes and goes will return

to a hand that has perfected it

قَد تَكونُ النَجاةُ تَكرَهُها النَف

سُ وَتَأتي ما كانَ فيهِ أَذاها

Salvation may be disliked by the soul

and what was harmful to it may come