إِرضَ حُكْمَ الزمان يا أحمدُ ارضَهُ

إِن تَذُق ضَيحَهُ فقد ذقتَ مَحضَه

Accept the decree of fate, O Ahmad, accept it

If you taste its bitterness, you have tasted its essence

أيّ خير وأيّ شرٍ تَبَيَّن

تَ لديه فما تبينتَ نَقْضَهْ

What good or evil did you discern in it

That you did not later see its opposite?

كيفَ يأسَى على فراقِ خليلٍ

مَن غدا بعضُهُ يفارقُ بعضَهْ

How can one grieve over parting with a friend

When part of him shall part from another part?

كلُّ رزقٍ يهونُ عند ذوي الل

بِّ إذا لم يُرَزَّأ المرءُ عِرضَه

All sustenance seems paltry to men of dignity

If one's honor is not sustained along with it