الدينُ هَجرُ الفَتى اللَذّاتِ عَن يُسُرٍ

في صَحَّةٍ وَاِقتِدارٍ مِنهُ ما عَمِرا

Religion is the youth abandoning pleasures easily

In health and capability as long as he lives

وَالحِلمُ صَبرُ أَخي عِزٍّ لِظالِمِهِ

حَتّى يَقولَ أُناسٌ ذَلَّ أَو قُمِرا

And wisdom is the patience of a dear proud brother with his oppressor

Until people say he is humiliated or esteemed

وَالغُمرُ يَأتي غِمارَ اللُجِّ يَحسِبُها

ضَحضاحَ ماءٍ فَنُلفيهِ وَقَد غُمِرا

And the flood comes as murky water of the depths, thinking it

A shallow water, so we wade into it and it is flooded

وَالظَبيُ أَشجَعُ مِن لَيثٍ وَمِن نَمِرٍ

إِذا أَلَمَّ يُضاهي اللَيثَ وَالنَمِرا

And the gazelle is braver than a lion or a panther

When hurt it matches the lion and the panther

وَمِن عَناءِ اللَيالي خادِمٌ ضَغِنٌ

إِن يُؤمَرِ الأَمرَ يَفعَل غَيرَ ما أُمِرا

And from the hardship of nights a serving boy, content

If ordered something does other than what he was ordered