1. نفوسُنا بالرّجاءِ مُمْتَسَكَهْ

    والموتُ للخلق ناصبٌ شَرَكَهْ

    Our souls cling fast to hope,

    And death sets its snare for all creatures.

  2. تبرمُ أجسامنا وتنقضها

    طبائعٌ في المزاج مشتركه

    Our bodies are knit together and unraveled

    By natural qualities combined in their constitution.

  3. لولا انتشاقُ الهوا لمتّ كما

    تموتُ مع فَقْدِ مائها السمكه

    Were it not for breathing air, you would die, just as

    The fish dies when deprived of its water.

  4. نُنْشأُ بالبعث بعد ميتتنا

    أما يُعيدُ الزجاجَ مَن سبَكه

    We are created anew through resurrection after our death.

    Does not the one who cast the glass remake it?

  5. ما أغفلَ الفيلسوف عن طُرُقٍ

    ليستْ لأهل العقول منسلكه

    How heedless the philosopher is of paths

    That cannot be traversed by people of reason!

  6. مَن سَلّمَ الأمرَ للإله نجا

    ومن عدا القصد واقعَ الهلكه

    Whoever entrusts the matter to God is saved,

    And whoever strays from the right course meets ruin.