هَبْ أَنَّ قَلْبَكَ عَبْدُ رِقَّتهِ

فَارْخَمْ وَأَعتِقْهُ مِنَ الرِّقِ

Grant that your heart be slave to tenderness

Then pity and set it free from slavery

ولِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ بَاديءٍ أَجَلٌ

حَتَّى النَّدَى وَاللُّطْفِ وَالرِّفْقِ

For all things seeded have appointed terms

Even gentleness, charm, and courtesy

وَاعلَمْ حَمَاكَ الله أَنَّك لمْ

تُرْسَلْ كَفِيلَ مَصَالِحِ الخَلْقِ

Know that God shields you since you weren’t made

Guardian of benefits for humanity

تُغْنِي وَيُفْقِرُكَ الجَمِيلُ فَكَمْ

تَجْنِي عَلَيْكَ مَكَارِمُ الخُلْقِ

Though bounty enriches and beauty makes poor

So reap humanity’s virtues abundantly