1. اِيأَس مِنَ الناسِ وَاِرجُ الواحِدَ الصَمَدا

    فَإِنَّهُ هُوَ أَعلى مِنَّةً وَيَدا

    Give up hope in people, and hope in the One, the Eternal Refuge;

    for He is greatest in bounty and most generous of hand.

  2. إِن كانَ مَن نالَ سُلطاناً فَسادَ بِهِ

    مُستَيقِناً أَنَّهُ يَبقى لَهُ أَبَدا

    If one who has gained power and thereby come to rule

    is certain that it will remain his forever,

  3. فَقُل لَهُ تِه فَقَد أُعطيتَ مَنزِلَةً

    لَم يُعطِها اللَهُ في تَدبيرِهِ أَحَدا

    then tell him: 'Swagger, for you have been granted a station

    that God, in His ordering of things, has granted to no one.'

  4. أَو لا فَوَيحَكَ لا تَلعَب بِنَفسِكَ إِذ

    لَم تَدرِ في اليَومِ ما يُقضى عَلَيكَ غَدا

    Otherwise, woe to you! Do not toy with your own life, since

    you do not know today what will be decreed for you tomorrow.