لا تَتَهم بِالسوءِ دَهرك أَنَّهُ

جَبل يُجيب صَداكَ مِنهُ صَداءِ

Do not blame your fate for being

An echoing mountain returning your call.

مِرآتك الدُنيا وَفعلك صُورة

فيها فَما الشَنعاءُ وَالحَسناءِ

The world is your mirror, your action its image;

So ugliness and beauty are not with it at all.