أَمَرَ الخالِقُ فَاِقبَل ما أَمَر

وَاِشكُرِ اللَهَ إِنِ العَذبُ أَمَر

The Creator commanded, so accept what He ordered

And thank Allah, for obedience is pleasant

أَضمِرِ الخيفَةَ وَاِضمِر قَلَّما

أَحرَزَ الطَرفُ المَدى حَتّى ضَمَر

Conceal your fears, and seldom reveal

The eye has barely seen the extent of life before it withers

أَيُّها المُلحِدُ لا تَعصِ النُهى

فَلَقَد صَحَّ قِياسٌ وَاِستَمَرّ

O atheist, do not disobey the prohibitions

For logic has been proven and persisted

إِن تَعُد في الجِسمِ يَوماً رَوحُهُ

فَهُوَ كَالرَبعِ خَلا ثُمَّ عَمَر

If you count in the body a lifetime for its spirit

It is but a quarter minus then lived

وَهِيَ الدُنِّيا أَذاها أَبَداً

زُمَرٌ وارِدَةٌ إِثرَ زُمَر

And this world, its harm is endless

Groups arriving after groups

يا أَبا السِبطَينِ لا تَحفِل بِها

أَعَتيقٌ سادَ فيها أَم عُمَر

O father of two grandsons, pay it no heed

Did one leading in it grow old or live long?

عجَباً لِلدَهرِ صُبحٌ وَدُجى

وَنُجومٌ وَهِلالٌ وَقَمَر

Wondrous is time, dawn and nightfall

Stars, crescent moon, and full moon

وَغُصونٌ أَثمَرَت نائِيَةً

وَدَوانٍ لَيسَ فيهِنَّ ثَمَر

Branches fruited in isolation

Circles with no fruit in them

وَغَويٌّ كَرَّ في حَيرَتِهِ

بَعدَ ما حَجَّ لِنُسكٍ وَاِعتَمَر

Misguided in his confusion after pilgrimage and visitation

He lived immersed in delusion then survived

عامَ في الغَمرِ زَماناً فَنَجا

وَاِنثَنى الآنَ غَريقاً في الغُمَر

Now drowning again in delusion

Saturnine and silent, accompanied by

زُحَليٌّ واجِمٌ يَصحَبُهُ

زُهَرِيُّ الطَبعِ غَنّى وَزَمَر

One cheerful and singing light tunes

Worries accustomed to their gloom

وَهُمومٌ أَلِفَت مَقمورَها

وَسُرورٌ آبَهُ حينَ قَمَر

And joy forgotten when it shined

These are the tales that showed us lessons

تِلكَ أَنباءٌ أَرَتنا عِبَراً

مُعجَباتٍ كَأَحاديثَ السَمَر

Of wondrous things like night conversations

In a life like a fleeting specter

في حَياةٍ كَخَيالٍ طارِقٍ

شَغَلَ الفِكرَ وَخَلّاكَ وَمَرّ

That occupied thought and passed you by