1. O you who gather all wealth before consuming it
Wealth in this world belongs only to those who consume it

2. You are racing towards what you strive to accumulate
So outpace the vicissitudes of fate and death's arrival

3. If you keep your wealth for a while, it won't last for you
You will either expire before it or expire without it

4. The generous spend their wealth in life and take it with them
While the miser leaves his wealth for his enemies when he dies