إِذا لاقَيتَ يَومَ الصِدقِ فَاِربَع

عَلَيهِ وَلا يُهِمُّكَ يَومُ سَوِّ

When you meet a day of truthfulness, insist

Upon it and don't care about a day of falsehood.

عَلى أَنّي بِسَرحِ بَني مُرادٍ

شَحَوتُهُمُ سِياقاً أَيَّ شَحوِ

I have driven the camels of the tribe of Murad

A long way on any route of driving.

وَآخَرَ مِثلَهُ لاعَيبَ فيهِ

بَصَرتُ بِهِ لِيَومٍ غَيرِ دَوِّ

And another like it, with no fault in it,

I watched for a day other than one of injury.

خَفَضتُ بِساحَةٍ تَجري عَلَينا

أَباريقُ الكَرامَةِ يَومِ لَهوِ

I humbled myself in a plain where are poured upon us

Flagons of generosity on a day of play.