1. عليكَ فيما قضاه اللهَ بالصبرِ

    ترضى ويرضيك عنه الله بالأجر

    Be patient with what God has decreed;

    you will be content, and God will please you for it with reward.

  2. فالله خير لفخر الدين من ابنه

    والأجر للأب خير من أبى بكر

    For God is better for Fakhr al-Din than his son,

    and the reward is better for the father than Abu Bakr.

  3. وأنت بالصبر أولى من سواك فما

    في طاعة الحزن للسادات من عذر

    And patience befits you more than anyone else, for there is no

    excuse for noblemen in submitting to grief.

  4. وهذه الكأس بين الخلق دائرةٌ

    لكن شاربها يصحو من السكرِ

    And this cup passes round among creation,

    but its drinker sobers up from drunkenness.

  5. والناس أحوالهم تنبيك عن بله

    فهم فما يقظ يمسي على حذر

    And people's circumstances tell you of dullness

    of understanding, for no wakeful man spends the evening on his guard.

  6. فالموت اكره شيءٍ عندهم وهم

    كل يود لقاه وهو لا يدري

    For death is the thing they hate most, yet they

    each wish to meet it without realizing it.

  7. يمسي الفتى يتمنى العام يقطعه

    وذلك العام محسوب من العمرِ

    A young man spends the evening wishing to get through the year,

    yet that year is counted as part of his lifespan.

  8. ويفرح المرء باستهلال شهر كذا

    وعمره ينقضي في ذلك الشهرِ

    And a man rejoices at the start of such-and-such a month,

    while his life is being spent within that month.

  9. فاعظمَ الله أجراً للامير على

    مصيبة كفّرت ما كان من وزرِ

    So may God magnify the emir's reward for

    a calamity that has expiated whatever sin there was.

  10. فالله يجزيك عنها ما تكون بهِ

    لا يستطيع الجزا عنه من الشكر

    So may God reward you for it with a recompense that leaves you

    unable to repay it with thanks.