ذَهَبَ الحِرصُ بِأَصحابِ الدُلَج

فَهُمُ في غَمرَةٍ ذاتِ لُجَج

Greed has carried away the lords of fortune,

and they are plunged in fathomless depths.

لَيسَ كُلُّ الخَيرِ يَأتي عاجِلاً

إِنَّما الخَيرُ حُظوظٌ وَدَرَج

Not every good comes swiftly;

good is granted in shares and degrees.

لا يَزالُ المَرءُ ما عاشَ لَهُ

حاجَةٌ في الصَدرِ دَأباً تَعتَلِج

As long as one lives, there will always remain

a need within the breast, forever stirring.

رُبَّ أَمرٍ قَد تَضايَقتَ بِهِ

ثُمَّ يَأتي اللَهُ مِنهُ بِالفَرَج

Many a matter has hemmed you in—

then God brings deliverance out of it.