ما عاقِدُ الحَبلِ يَبغي بِالضُحى عَضَداً

إِلّا كَصاحِبِ مُلكٍ عاقِدِ التاجِ

He who ties the knot at daybreak desires no help

Except like the owner of a kingdom crowning himself

وَما رَأَينا صُروفَ الدَهرِ تارِكَةً

لَيثاً بِتَرجٍ وَلا ظَبياً بِفِرتاجِ

We have not seen the turns of fate leaving

A lion with a necklace or a gazelle with a crown

ما أَعدَلَ المَوتَ مِن آتٍ وَأَستَرَهُ

فَهَيِّجني فَإِني لَستُ مُهتاجِ

How impartial is death to the one who comes and the one who hides

So rouse me, for I am not startled

العَيشُ أَفقَرَ مِنّا كُلَّ ذاتِ غِناً

وَالمَوتُ أَغنى بِحَقٍّ كُلَّ مُحتاجِ

Life is poorer than us, all who boast riches

And death is richer in truth than all who beg

إِذا حَياةٌ عَلينالِلأَذى فَتَحَت

باباً مِنَ الشَرِّ لاقاهُ بِإِرتاجِ

When a life opens to harms

A door of evil, he meets it with turmoil