يا خائضاً في الأمرِ وهْو يُحبُّ أن
تَغدو له عُقْباهُ نَصْبَ العَينِ
O you who plunge into an affair, wishing that
its outcome might remain plainly before your eyes,
اقْرِنْ برأيكَ رأْيَ غيرِك واسْتشرْ
فالحقُّ لا يَخفَى على رَأيَيْن
join another’s judgment to your own, and seek counsel—
for truth is not hidden from two minds.
فالمرءُ مِرآةٌ تُريهِ وجْهَه
ويَرى قَفاهُ بجَمْعِ مرآتَيْن
For a person is a mirror that shows him his face,
and he sees the back of his head by bringing two mirrors together.
يا قلبُ تَخلَّ من هُموم وشُجونْ
بادر فُرَصَ الزّمانِ من قَبْلِ يَخونْ
O heart, free yourself from cares and sorrows;
seize time’s opportunities before it betrays you.
لا تأْسَ فإنَّ حَمْلكَ الهمَّ جُنون
ما قُدّر أن يكونَ لابدَّ يكون
Do not grieve, for bearing the burden of worry is madness;
whatever is decreed to be must be.
Sol 5.6