1. People have a greed for this world and its gains
Though its pleasure for you is mixed with pains

2. How many worthy men it does not aid
And weaklings gain their worldly goods with little pains

3. They were not granted it by their wisdom when granted
But it was granted by divine ordains

4. Had it been by power or efforts impelling
Vagabonds would have taken the birds' grains

5. A morsel with salt is dearer to its eater
Than a sumptuous feast that is filled with disdains

6. How many a morsel brought death to its taker
Like a grain of wheat that cracked a sparrow's brains