حملْ فؤادكَ ما يطيقُ ولا تكن

حملْ فؤادكَ ما يطيقُ ولا تكن

حزناً فإن الحزنَ ليس يطاقُ

حزناً فإن الحزنَ ليس يطاقُ

Burden your heart with what it can bear, and do not be

Bear what your heart can bear, and do not be

Sorrowful, for sorrow cannot be borne.

Sorrowful, for sorrow cannot be borne

كم مملقٍ أمسى الثراء ببابهِ

كم مملقٍ أمسى الثراء ببابهِ

ولكم رماهُ على الثرى الإملاقُ

ولكم رماهُ على الثرى الإملاقُ

How many a pauper has had wealth at his door by evening!

How many a flatterer has prosperity left

And how often destitution has cast him upon the dust!

Standing at his door, while fickleness has cast him down!

واقنع برزقكَ ما كفاكَ فإنما

واقنع برزقكَ ما كفاكَ فإنما

زاد المسافرِ هذهِ الأرزاقُ

زاد المسافرِ هذهِ الأرزاقُ

And be content with your sustenance so long as it suffices you, for

Be content with your sustenance, for it suffices you,

These provisions are but a traveler's fare.

While extra provision burdens the traveller

والناسُ كالركبِ الذين إذا سروا

والناسُ كالركبِ الذين إذا سروا

ناموا ولكن المطيَ تساق

ناموا ولكن المطيَ تساق

And people are like caravan riders who, when they journey by night,

People are like a caravan: when they travel on,

Sleep, yet their mounts are driven onward.

They sleep, while the riding-beasts are driven along