إن السراج رفيقنا مع خيره

إن السراج رفيقنا مع خيره

تعساه شرّ مبيناً متبين

تعساه شرّ مبيناً متبين

Indeed, al-Siraj is our companion, with all his goodness.

The lamp is our companion with its good,

His ruin [wording unclear]—an evil, evident and manifest.

Wretched is he whose evil is manifest.

صدقَ الذي قد قالَ في أمثاله

صدقَ الذي قد قالَ في أمثاله

إنَّ السراج على سناه يدخّنُ

إنَّ السراج على سناه يدخّنُ

He spoke truly who had said in his proverbs:

True are the words of the one who said in his proverbs:

Indeed, the lamp, despite its radiance, gives off smoke.

Verily the lamp smokes according to its wick.