1. أَلا مَن لِمَهمومِ الفُؤادِ حَزينِهِ

    إِذا ابتَزَّ مِنهُ العَزمَ ضَعفُ يَقينِهِ

    Ah, who will aid one troubled and sorrowful at heart,

    When the weakness of his certainty robs him of resolve,

  2. وَإِذ هُوَ لا يَدري لَعَلَّ كِتابَهُ

    سَيُعطاهُ مَنشوراً بِغَيرِ يَمينِهِ

    And when he does not know—perhaps his record

    Will be given him unrolled, in other than his right hand?

  3. وَيَلتَمِسُ الإِحسانَ بَعدَ إِساءَةٍ

    فَلا تَحسَبَنَّ اللَهَ غَيرَ مُعينِهِ

    And he seeks goodness after wrongdoing;

    So never suppose that God will not help him.

  4. إِذا ما اتَّقى اللَهُ امرُؤٌ في أُمورِهِ

    وَكانَ إِلى الفِردَوسِ جُلُّ حَنينِهِ

    When a man fears God in his affairs,

    And his greatest longing is for Paradise,

  5. سَعى يَبتَغي عَوناً عَلى البِرِّ وَالتُقى

    لِيَبتاعَهُ مِن مالِهِ بِثَمينِهِ

    He strives, seeking help in righteousness and piety,

    To buy it with what is precious in his wealth.

  6. فَصَفَّ الخَدينَ ما استَطَعتَ مِنَ القَذى

    أَلا إِنَّما كُلُّ امرِئٍ بِخَدينِهِ

    So cleanse your companion of impurities as best you can;

    Indeed, every man is known by his companion.

  7. وَخَيرُ قَرينٍ أَنتَ مُقتَرِنٌ بِهِ

    قَرينٌ نَصيحٌ مُنصِفٌ لِقَرينِهِ

    And the best companion with whom you are joined

    Is one sincere in counsel and fair to his companion.

  8. وَكُلُّ امرِئٍ فيهِ وَفيهِ فَدارِهِ

    عَلى ذاكَ وَاحمِل غَثَّهُ لِسَمينِهِ

    And every man has good and bad in him; so be tactful with him

    As he is, and bear his lean for the sake of his fat.

  9. لِكُلِّ مَقامٌ قائِمٌ لا يَجوزُهُ

    فَدَع غَيَّ قَلبٍ خائِضٍ في فُتونِهِ

    Each has a fixed station he cannot overstep;

    So forsake the folly of a heart immersed in its temptations.

  10. وَأَفضَلُ هَديٍ هَديَ سَمتِ مُحَمَّدٍ

    نَبِيٍّ تَنَقّاهُ الإِلَهُ لِدينِهِ

    And the best guidance is the exemplary conduct of Muhammad,

    A prophet whom God chose for His religion.

  11. عَلَيهِ السَلامُ كانَ في النُصحِ رَحمَةً

    وَفي بِرِّهِ بِالعالَمينَ وَلينِهِ

    Peace be upon him—he was a mercy in counsel,

    And in his kindness to all creation and his gentleness.

  12. إِمامُ هُداً يَنجابُ عَن وَجهِهِ الدُجى

    كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا عُلِّقَت بِجَبينِهِ

    A guiding leader, from whose face the darkness lifts,

    As though the Pleiades were hung upon his brow.

  13. بِحَبلِ رَسولِ اللَهِ أَوثَقتُ عِصمَتي

    وَخيرَتِهِ في خَلقِهِ وَأَمينِهِ

    With the rope of God's Messenger I have secured my safety—

    His chosen one among His creatures, and His trusted one.