لا تَفْرَحنَّ برُتبةٍ

لا تَفْرَحنَّ برُتبةٍ

أَعْطاكَها في الناسِ جَدُّكْ

أَعْطاكَها في الناسِ جَدُّكْ

Do not rejoice in a rank

Do not rejoice in a rank

that your fortune has granted you among people.

That your grandfather gave you among people

وانظرْ مكانَك في المكا

وانظرْ مكانَك في المكا

رم بالحقيقةِ فهْو حَدُّك

رم بالحقيقةِ فهْو حَدُّك

And consider your place among the noble

And look at your place in reality

virtues in truth, for that is your limit.

For it is your limit

أنت الفقيرُ مع الغِني

أنت الفقيرُ مع الغِني

إنْ لم تجد عقلا يُمِدُّك

إنْ لم تجد عقلا يُمِدُّك

You are poor even with wealth

You are poor with the rich

if you find no intellect to sustain you.

If you do not find a mind that helps you

هَبْك اقتدرتَ على الظوا

هَبْك اقتدرتَ على الظوا

هرِ هل قلوبُ الناس جُنْدُك

هرِ هل قلوبُ الناس جُنْدُك

Suppose you have gained power over outward

Enough you were able to acquire appearances

appearances—are people's hearts your army?

Are people's hearts your troops?

لا يَغْررُنَّك أنْ تُها

لا يَغْررُنَّك أنْ تُها

ب ولا يروقُك من يَرُدّك

ب ولا يروقُك من يَرُدّك

Do not be deceived by being

Do not be fooled that you are loved

feared, nor be charmed by one who turns you back.

And do not be pleased by whoever repels you

فمن البليةِ أن تز

فمن البليةِ أن تز

لُ فلا يُجيِبك من يَرُدُّك

لُ فلا يُجيِبك من يَرُدُّك

For it is a calamity that you should

For it is a disaster that you slip

stumble, and he who turns you back gives you no answer.

So no one answers the one who repels you

وإذا بُليتَ بفَقْدِه

وإذا بُليتَ بفَقْدِه

فخيارُ ما استعجلتَ فَقْدُك

فخيارُ ما استعجلتَ فَقْدُك

And if you are afflicted with its loss,

And if you are tested by losing him

then your own loss is the best thing for you to hasten.

Then the best is what you were impatient to lose