صُنوفُ هَذي الحَياةِ يَجمَعُها

طولُ اِنتِباهٍ وَرَقدَةٍ وَسِنَه

The varieties of this life are brought together

By length of attention, sleep, and years.

دُنياكَ لَو حاوَرَتكَ ناطِقَةٌ

خاطَبتَ مِنها بَليغَةً لِسِنَه

If this world of yours were to speak to you eloquently,

You would address it with an eloquent tongue.

لِيَفعَلِ الدَهرُ ما يَهُمُّ بِهِ

إِنَّ ظُنوني بِخالِقي حَسَنَه

Let fate do what it wills,

For my thoughts about my Creator are good.

لا تَيأَسُ النَفسُ مِن تَفَضُّلِهِ

وَلَو أَقامَت في النارِ أَلفَ سَنَه

Let not the soul despair of His bounty,

Even if it dwells in fire a thousand years.