النفس تمكرُ بالإنسان تخدعهُ

تريه أن الذي يهواه مختار

The soul deceives man, tricks him

It makes him believe that what he desires is the best

ولو رآها بعين العيش خالفها

على الهوى ورأى مختارها عار

If he saw it with the eye of experience unlike it

Saw the choice of his passion as disgrace