حَذَفَ المُنى عَنهُ المُشَمِّرُ في الهُدى

وَأَرى مُناكَ طَويلَةَ الأَذيالِ

The determined one seeking guidance has cast off desires

Yet I see your desires trailing long trains

حِيَلُ اِبنِ آدَمَ في الحَياةِ كَثيرَةٌ

وَالمَوتُ يَقطَعُ حِيلَةَ المُحتالِ

Man has many tricks in life

But death cuts short the trickster's schemes

قِستُ السُؤالَ فَكانَ أَعظَمَ قيمَةً

مِن كُلَّ عارِفَةٍ جَرَت بِسُؤالِ

I weighed asking and found it far outweighed

Every other knowing pulled along by questions

فَإِذا اِبتُليتَ بِبَذلِ وَجهِكَ سائِلاً

فَاِبذُلهُ لِلمُتَكَرِّمِ المِفضالِ

So if you are tested with offering your face asking

Then offer it to the noble and gracious

وَإِذا خَشيتَ تَعَذُّراً في بَلدَةٍ

فَاِشدُد يَدَيكَ بِعاجِلِ التَرحالِ

And if you fear hardship in a town

Then brace yourself for promptly moving on

وَاِصبِر عَلى غِيَرِ الزَمانِ فَإِنَّما

فَرَجُ الشَدائِدِ مِثلُ حَلِّ عِقالِ

And be patient with all that is not as you wish

The relief of afflictions comes like loosing knots