سُرورُنا بِكَ فَوقَ الهَمِّ بِالنُوَبِ

فَما يُغالِبُنا حُزنٌ عَلى طَرَبِ

Our joy in you transcends worries in adversities,

No sorrow can overcome us in delight.

إِذا تَجاوَزَت الأَقدارُ عَنكَ فَهَل

مِن واجِبِ الشُكرِ أَن يُرتاعُ مَن سَبَبِ

If fortunes turn away from you, is it

A duty of gratitude for the cause to be fearful?

حَتّام تَخدَعنا الدُنيا بِزُفِها

وَلا تحصلنا مِنها عَلى أَرَبِ

Until fate deceives us with its glamour,

And we gain no profit from it.

نُسَرُّ مِنها بِما تُجنى عَواقِبهُ

هَمّاً وَنَهرُبُ وَالآجالُ في الطَلَبِ

We are pleased with it for what its consequences reap,

Worry and we flee, while time pursues.