بَلَوتُ صُروفَ الدَهرِ سِتينَ حُجَّةً

وَجَرَّبتُ حالَيهِ مِنَ العُسرِ وَاليُسرِ

I have tasted the vicissitudes of fate for sixty years,

I have tested the vicissitudes of time for sixty years,

And experienced my state in hardship and ease.

And experienced its two states of hardship and of ease.

فَلَم أَرَ بَعدَ الدينِ خَيراً مِنَ الغِنى

وَلَم أَرَ بَعدَ الكُفرِ شَرّاً مِنَ الفَقرِ

Yet I have not found, after faith, a better thing than riches,

I saw no good, after faith, better than wealth,

Nor, after infidelity, a worse thing than poverty.

And saw no evil, after disbelief, worse than poverty.