أَرى المَقاديرَ تَعمَلُ العَمَلا
وَالمَرءُ ما عاشَ آمِلٌ أَمَلا
I see fate working its work
And man lives always hopeful
كُلٌّ لَهُ عِلَّةٌ يَفوهُ بِها
سُبحانَ رَبّي ما أَكثَرَ العِلَلا
Each has an excuse he voices
Glory to my Lord - how numerous the excuses
مَن عَرَفَ الناسَ في تَصَرُّفِهِم
لَم يَتَتَبَّع مِن صاحِبٍ زَلَلا
Whoever knows people in their doings
Does not follow a companion's mistakes
إِن أَنتَ كافَيتَ مَن أَساءَ فَقَد
صِرتَ إِلى مِثلِ سوءِ ما فَعَلا
If you suffice someone who did evil
You have done the like of the evil he did
لَيسَ مَعالي الأَخلاقِ إِلّا لِمَن
يَصبِرُ عِندَ المَكروهِ إِن نَزَلا
Lofty morals are only for one
Who is patient when faced with hate, if it descends
ذو الحِلمِ في جَنَّةٍ تَرُدُّ سِها
مَ الجَهلِ عَنهُ إِن جاهِلٌ جَهِلا
The forbearing one is in a garden that turns
Ignorance from him if an ignorant one is ignorant
يَلتَمِسُ العُذرَ لِلصَديقِ وَإِن
أَتاهُ يَوماً بِعُذرِهِ قَبِلا
He seeks excuses for a friend even
If one day he came to him with his excuse, he accepts
خَفِّف عَلى كُلِّ مَن صَحِبتَ وَإِن
كانَ لِحَملِ الثَقيلِ مُحتَمِلا
Lighten up on all whom you accompanied even
If he was carrying a heavy load and enduring
كَم قَد رَأَينا اِمرِئً مِنَ الخَيرِ عُر
ياناً وَإِن كانَ يَلبَسُ الحُلَلا
How often we have seen a naked man
Even if he wears garments
لا يَأمَنَنَّ اِمرُؤٌ مُساعَدَةَ ال
دُنيا فَإِنّي رَأَيتُها دُوَلا
Let no man feel safe from
The help of life, for I have seen it changing
كُلٌّ فَقُدّامَهُ لَهُ أَمَلٌ
يُلهي وَلَكِنَّ خَلفَهُ الأَجَلا
Everyone has ahead of him a hope
That distracts, but behind him is death
يا بُؤسَ لِلغافِلِ المُضَيِّعِ عَن
أَيِّ عَظيمٍ مِن أَمرِهِ غَفَلا
Oh misery for the heedless waster
About any mighty thing from his affairs heedlessly distracted
كُلُّ جَديدٍ فَالدَهرُ يُخلِقُهُ
وَكُلُّ حَيٍّ فَمَيِّتٌ عَجَلا
Everything new - time creates it
And everything living - dead soon
كُلٌّ يُوافي بِهِ القَضاءُ إِلى ال
مَوتِ وَيوفيهِ رِزقَهُ كَمَلا
Everything meets him with fate unto
Death, and meets his sustenance complete
