1. If a man lets his soul indulge in pleasures,
He shall be neither glorious nor kingly.

2. But he who purifies his soul with the fear of God,
Is of a people whose likeness is angelic.

3. The drinker of wine is lost in his drunkenness,
As if a fiery demon has taken hold of him,

4. It changes his reason until he deems it permissible,
To extend his hand to seize the stars.

5. You spend the night far from it, without provision,
Yet imagine the two settings are yours.

6. The life of instinct is but twenty, though it pursues a hundred.
Alas! What drinker attains such an age!

7. I do not ask about one whose birth was ninety years ago,
Except to be told, “He has passed away!”

8. You have wasted yourself on fruitless matters,
Sleep and slumber, halves of which are sufficient.

9. Man strives either striking his horse forward,
Towards death, or mounting his ship.