خَليلَيَّ إِنَّ الهَمَّ قَد يَتَفَرَّجُ

وَمَن كانَ يَبغي الحَقَّ فَالحَقُّ أَبلَجُ

My friend, worries will surely subside,

And he who seeks the truth, the truth is more eloquent,

وَذو الحَقَّ لا يَرتابُ وَالعَدلُ قائِمٌ

عَلى طُرُقاتِ الهَقِّ وَالشَرُّ أَعوَجُ

The just man does not doubt, and justice remains,

On the paths of truth, while evil is crooked.

وَأَخلاقُ ذي التَقوى وَذي البِرِّ في الدُجى

لَهُنَّ سِراجٌ بَينَ عَينَيهِ مُسرَجُ

The conduct of the pious and the righteous in adversity

Has for them a lamp between their eyes shining.

وَنِيّاتُ أَهلِ الصِدقِ بيضٌ نَقِيَّةٌ

وَأَلسُنُ أَهلِ الصِدقِ لا تَتَلَجلَجُ

And the intentions of the truthful are pure white,

While the tongues of the truthful do not waver.

وَلَيسَ لِمَخلوقٍ عَلى اللَهِ حُجَّةٌ

وَلَيسَ لَهُ مِن حُجَّةِ اللَهِ مَخرَجُ

No creature has any argument against Allah,

And he has no escape from Allah's argument.

لَقَد دَرَجَت مِنّا قُرونٌ كَثيرَةٌ

وَنَحنُ سَنَمضي بَعدَهُنَّ وَنَدرُجُ

Many generations have passed from us,

And we will pass after them and follow.

رُوَيدَكَ يا ذا القَصرِ في شُرُفاتِهِ

فَإِنَّكَ عَنها تُستَخَفُّ وَتُزعَجُ

Slow down, O you with a palace and its balconies,

For you will be mocked for abandoning it and disturbed.

وَإِنَّكَ عَمّا اختَرتَهُ لَمُبَعَّدٌ

وَإِنَّكَ مِمّا في يَدَيكَ لَمُخرَجُ

You are far from what you have chosen,

And you have no escape from what is in your hands.

أَلا رُبَّ ذي طِمرٍ غَدا في كَرامَةٍ

وَمِلكٍ بِتيجانِ الخُلودِ مُتَوَّجُ

Oh, how many disgraced were honored,

And kings crowned with eternity's diadems.

لَعَمرُكَ ما الدُنيا لَدَيَّ نَفيسَةٌ

وَإِن زَخرَفَ الغاوُونَ فيها وَزَبرَجوا

By your life, the world is not precious to me,

Even if the misguided adorn it and embroider it.

وَإِن كانَتِ الدُنيا إِلَيَّ حَبيبَةً

فَإِنّي إِلى حَظّي مِنَ الدينِ أَحوَجُ

And if the world was dear to me,

My need for religion would be greater.