مَن أَجابَ الهَوى إِلى كُلِّ ما يَد

مَن أَجابَ الهَوى إِلى كُلِّ ما يَد

عوهُ مِمّا يُضِلُّ ضَلَّ وَتاها

عوهُ مِمّا يُضِلُّ ضَلَّ وَتاها

Whoever heeds desire in all it calls

Whoever responds to passion in whatever

him to that leads astray will stray and wander.

it calls him to of what misleads has strayed and lost his way

مَن رَأى عِبرَةً فَفَكَّرَ فيها

مَن رَأى عِبرَةً فَفَكَّرَ فيها

آذَنَتهُ بِالشَيءِ حينَ يَراها

آذَنَتهُ بِالشَيءِ حينَ يَراها

Whoever sees a lesson and reflects upon it,

Whoever sees an admonition and reflects upon it

it alerts him to the matter when he sees it.

it warns him about a thing when he sees it

رُبَّما اِستَغلَقَت أُمورٌ عَلى مَن

رُبَّما اِستَغلَقَت أُمورٌ عَلى مَن

كانَ يَأتي الأُمورَ مِن مَأتاها

كانَ يَأتي الأُمورَ مِن مَأتاها

Sometimes matters prove baffling to one

Sometimes matters are obscured to one

who used to approach matters by their proper path.

who handles matters from their origins

وَسَيَأوي إِلى يَدٍ كُلُّ ما تَأ

وَسَيَأوي إِلى يَدٍ كُلُّ ما تَأ

تي وَتَأتي إِلى يَدٍ حُسناها

تي وَتَأتي إِلى يَدٍ حُسناها

And to a hand will resort all that you

And everything that comes and goes will return

do; and to a hand will come the best of it.

to a hand that has perfected it

قَد تَكونُ النَجاةُ تَكرَهُها النَف

قَد تَكونُ النَجاةُ تَكرَهُها النَف

سُ وَتَأتي ما كانَ فيهِ أَذاها

سُ وَتَأتي ما كانَ فيهِ أَذاها

Deliverance may be something the soul abhors,

Salvation may be disliked by the soul

and it pursues what brings it harm.

and what was harmful to it may come