1. سر مسرعا ليس يغني الناس ما علموا

    كم معجزات بدت من فكر مجتهد

    Go swiftly; what people have learned does not suffice them.

    How many marvels have arisen from a diligent thinker's thought!

  2. أما ترى مشمل المصباح يطفيء ما

    في كل ليل يريه خطة الرشد

    Do you not see the [lamp-lighter?] extinguish what

    each night shows him the course of right guidance,

  3. كيما يجدد نورا تلو ليته

    يضيفه ابدا للنير الابدي

    so that he may renew a light after [its night?],

    adding it forever to the eternal luminary?