إِقنَع بِما رَضِيَ التَقِيُّ لِنَفسِهِ

إِقنَع بِما رَضِيَ التَقِيُّ لِنَفسِهِ

وَأَباحَهُ في الحَياةِ مُبيحُ

وَأَباحَهُ في الحَياةِ مُبيحُ

Be content with what the pious man accepts for himself,

Be content with what the devout approves for himself

and which a giver of permission has allowed in life.

And permits in life, a granter of license,

مِرآةُ عَقلِكَ إِن رَأَيتَ بِها سِوى

مِرآةُ عَقلِكَ إِن رَأَيتَ بِها سِوى

ما في حِجاكَ أَرَتهُ وَهوَ قَبيحُ

ما في حِجاكَ أَرَتهُ وَهوَ قَبيحُ

If, in the mirror of your reason, you see anything other than

If the mirror of your mind shows you anything but

what is in your understanding, it shows it as ugly.

What your intellect presented as ugly, reproachable,

أَسنى فِعالِكَ ما أَرَدتَ بِفِعلِهِ

أَسنى فِعالِكَ ما أَرَدتَ بِفِعلِهِ

رَشداً وَخيرُ كَلامِكَ التَسبيحُ

رَشداً وَخيرُ كَلامِكَ التَسبيحُ

The noblest of your deeds are those through which you seek

Make your actions the most proper that you intend

right guidance; and the best of your speech is glorification of God.

With reason, and the best of your words glorification.

إِنَّ الحَوادِثَ ما تَزالُ لَها مُداً

إِنَّ الحَوادِثَ ما تَزالُ لَها مُداً

حَمَلُ النُجومَ بِبَعضِهِنَّ ذَبيحُ

حَمَلُ النُجومَ بِبَعضِهِنَّ ذَبيحُ

Indeed, vicissitudes always have knives;

Indeed events, they do not cease to have ebbs

the ram of the stars is slaughtered by some of them.

The movement of stars, some lead to sacrifice.