1. طاب صفو الزمان والدهر رقَا

    ودماءَ المنغصاتِ أراقا

    Time's serenity has grown sweet, and fate has grown gentle,

    And spilled the blood of vexations.

  2. مَن كمثلي منعَّم البال خالٍ

    من هموم ساءت ومرّت مذاقا

    Who, like me, is at ease in mind and free

    From cares that brought distress and tasted bitter?

  3. أي شخص فؤاده كفؤادي

    لم يشدّ الردى عليه نطاقا

    Whose heart is like mine,

    Around which death has not tightened a girdle?

  4. عيشةٌ قد صفتْ وإخوان صدق

    هذب الدهرُ منهم الأخلاقا

    A life grown serene, and true companions,

    Whose character fate has refined.