1. Live with diligence, don't let laziness harm you
Indeed life belongs to those you see being diligent

2. Live diligently, and be like Qais the wise
In ignorance or like Ibn Al-Walid in old age

3. One who has wisdom though young
Is praised, and one who is wise in old age

4. Old age, my old age, oh Juda the son of Al-Qaqa
You are not wise or rational

5. There is no defect in you among other defects
I have attained goodness with determination and generosity

6. Except that you are excellent at cutting off
Singing, beating drums and playing the lute

7. So because of this and that, life bears
One who is excellent to it and one who is not