سبوت وآحاد تمرّ على الفتى

وليل يغطيه وصبح يواصله

Days and nights pass over the youth

While night covers him and morning continues it

وآماله شتى ومن دونها الردى

وافضل آمال الفتى ما يعاجله

And he has diverse hopes, while without them is perdition

And the best hopes of a youth are those which avail him

ولم أر إنسانا خلا من فضيلة

وإن كثرت آثامه ورذائله

And I have not seen a human devoid of virtue

Though numerous were his sins and vices