1. وسُقْمُ فؤادِي مِنْ سَقَامِ جُفُوْنِهِ

    فإنْ نَقِهْتْ عَيْنَاُه فالقَلْبُ نَاقِهُ

    And my heart's sickness comes from the languor of his eyelids.

    So if his eyes recover, the heart too convalesces.

  2. مَرَادُ هَوىً حَفَّتْ به مُرُدُ العِدَى

    ودُوْنَ جِنَانِ الخُلْدِ تُلْقَى المَكَارِهُ

    An object of love, surrounded by defiant foes;

    And before the gardens of eternity, hardships must be faced.

  3. وما خُيَلاَءُ الخَيْلِ فيها سَجِيَّةً

    ولكنَّها لمَّا امتَطَوْها تَوَائِهُ

    And the horses' pride is no inborn trait of theirs;

    But they grew proud when those men mounted them.

  4. فلا تَكْرَهَنْ إنْ خَاسَ قَوْمٌ بِعَهْدِهِمْ

    عَسَى الخَيْرُ في الشيء الذي أنت كَارِهُ

    So do not resent it if a people break their pledge;

    Good may lie in the very thing you dislike.

  5. فَنَصْرُكَ أيّاً ما سَلَكْتَ مُسَايِرٌ

    وفَتْحُكَ أيّاً ما اتَّجَهْتَ مُوَاجِهُ

    For your victory travels beside you, whichever path you take;

    And your conquest meets you, whichever way you turn.

  6. ففي أَنْفُسِ الحُسَّادِ منها هَزَاهِرٌ

    وفي أَلْسُنِ النُّقَّادِ منها زَهَازِهُ

    For it stirs turmoil in the souls of the envious;

    And elicits cries of acclaim from the tongues of critics.