1. أَلا تَزَعُ القَلبَ عَن جَهلِهِ

    وَعَمّا تُؤَنَّبُ مِن أَجلِهِ

    Will you not restrain the heart from its folly,

    And from that for which you are reproached?

  2. يَهيمُ بِجُملٍ وَما إِن يَرى

    لَهُ مِن سَبيلٍ إِلى جُملِهِ

    It pines for Juml, yet sees no

    Path for itself to its Juml.

  3. كَأَن لَم يَكُن عاشِقٌ قَبلَهُ

    وَقَد عَشِقَ الناسُ مِن قَبلِهِ

    As though no lover had existed before it,

    Though people had loved before it.

  4. فَمِنهُم مَنِ الحُبُّ أَودى بِهِ

    وَمِنهُم مَنَ اَشفى عَلى قَتلِهِ

    For some of them, love brought death,

    And others came to the brink of being killed.

  5. فَأُبدِلَ بَعدَ الصِبا حُلمَهُ

    وَأَقصَرُ ذو العَدلِ عَن عَدلِهِ

    So after youthful passion, it was given wisdom in exchange,

    And the just man ceased his just dealing.

  6. فَلا تَركَبَنَّ الصَنيعَ الَّذي

    تَلومُ أَخاكَ عَلى مِثلِهِ

    So never commit the deed

    For the like of which you blame your brother.

  7. وَلا يُعجِبَنَّكَ قَولُ اِمرِئٍ

    يُخالِفُ ما قالَ في فِعلِهِ

    And never admire the words of a man

    Who contradicts in deed what he has said.

  8. وَلا تُتبِعِ الطَرفَ ما لا تَنالُ

    وَلَكِن سَلِ اللَهَ مِن فَضلِهِ

    And do not let your gaze follow what you cannot attain,

    But ask God for His bounty.

  9. فَكَم مِن مُقِلٍّ يَنالُ الغِنى

    وَيُحمَدُ في رِزقِهِ كُلِّهِ

    For many a person of little means attains wealth,

    And is praised in all his livelihood.