1. O you who blame me for squandering,
If I had spent wisely, I would have avoided your rebuke.
١. يا مَن لِعَذّالَة لَومي مجتها
وَلَو أَصابَت سَداداً لِاِتَّقَت عَذلي
2. You say, "You wasted wealth; if you were content with it,
It would have spared you long travels and toil."
٢. تَقولُ أَهلَكتَ مالاً لَو قَنِعتَ بِهِ
أَغناكَ عَن طولِ تِرحال وَعَن عَمَلِ
3. Yet there is no blame in that which shielded
My honor and kept me from the evils of people.
٣. وَما المَلامَةُ في شَيءٍ وُقيتُ بِهِ
عِرضي وَباعَدَني مِن شائِنِ النَحلِ