1. خَيرُ الرِجالِ رَفيقُها

    وَنَصيحُها وَشَقيقُها

    The best of men is their gentle companion,

    their sincere adviser and their brother.

  2. وَالخَيرُ مَوعِدُهُ الجِنا

    نُ وَظِلُّها وَرَحيقُها

    And goodness is promised the Gardens,

    and their shade and their pure wine.

  3. وَالشَرُّ مَوعِدُهُ لَظاً

    وَزَفيرُها وَشَهيقُها

    And evil is promised blazing fire,

    and its exhaling and inhaling.

  4. وَما حُبُّ دارٍ لَيسَ يُؤ

    مَنُ سَيلُها وَحَريقُها

    And why love a dwelling where one is not safe

    from its flood and its fire?

  5. أَشقى بَني الدُنيا بِها

    لِلَّهِ أَنتَ صَديقُها

    O most wretched of the world's sons because of it,

    by God, you are its friend!

  6. إِنّي أُعيذُكَ أَن يَغُر

    رَكَ زَهرُها وَبَريقُها

    I seek protection for you, lest you be deceived

    by its bloom and its glitter.

  7. وَهِيَ المُنغَصِّةَ السُرو

    رِ وَإِن زَهاكَ أَنيقُها

    And it is the spoiler of joy,

    even if its loveliness delights you.

  8. إِرغَب فَأَنتَ أَسيرُها

    وَازهَد فَأَنتَ طَليقُها

    Desire it, and you are its captive;

    and renounce it, and you are free of it.

  9. خَلِّ الَّتي إِن رُمَت لَم

    يَسهُل عَلَيكَ طَريقُها

    Leave that which, if you seek it, has no

    easy path for you.

  10. وَلَرُبَّما خانَ الأَري

    بَ مِنَ الأُمورِ وَثيقُها

    And often the discerning man is betrayed

    by what is trustworthy among affairs.

  11. مِحَنُ الرِجالِ إِذا سَمَت

    سَعَةُ الصُدورِ وَضيقُها

    Men's trials, when they mount, reveal

    the breadth of their chests and their narrowness.