1. أَراعَكَ نَقصٌ مِنكَ لَمّا وَجَدتَهُ

    وَما زِلتَ في نَقصٍ وَأَنتَ وَليدُ

    Did your own decline alarm you when you discovered it?

    Yet you have been in decline since you were a newborn.

  2. سَقَطتَ إِلى الدُنيا وَحيداً مُجَرَّداً

    وَتَمضي عَنِ الدُنيا وَأَنتَ وَحيدُ

    You fell into the world alone and naked,

    And you depart the world alone.

  3. وَحِدتَ عَنِ المَوتِ الَّذي لَن تَفوتَهُ

    وَلابُدَّ مِمّا أَنتَ عَنهُ تَحيدُ

    And you turned aside from death, which you will never escape,

    But what you turn away from cannot be avoided.

  4. وَمِن رُشدِ رَأيِ المَرءِ أَن يَمحَضَ التُقى

    وَإِنَّ امرَأً مَحضَ التُقى لَسَعيدُ

    And part of a person's sound judgment is to practice piety sincerely,

    And one sincere in piety is truly happy.

  5. هِيَ النَفسُ إِن تَصدُقكَ تَمنَحكَ نُصحَها

    وَأَنتَ عَلَيها إِن صَدَقتَ شَحيدُ

    Such is the soul: if it is truthful with you, it grants you its counsel,

    And you, if you speak truly, are deeply concerned for it.

  6. وَما العَيشُ إِلّا مُستَفادٌ وَمُتلَفٌ

    وَما الناسُ إِلّا مُتلِفٌ وَمُفيدُ

    And life is only what is acquired and what is squandered,

    And people are but those who squander and those who acquire.

  7. هُوَ اللَهُ رَبّي وَالقَضاءُ قَضاؤُهُ

    وَرَبّي عَلى ما كانَ مِنهُ حَميدُ

    He is God, my Lord, and the decree is His decree,

    And my Lord is praiseworthy for all that has come from Him.