1. Abandon the mention of songs and love poems,
And say what is appropriate and avoid jesting.

2. Leave the memories of the days of youth,
For the days of youth have set like stars.

3. The sweetest life I have spent
Has passed for its own sake, and the sin is resolved.

4. And leave frivolity, do not care for it,
It is possessed in glory, raised and revered.

5. And distract yourself from the instruments of vanity that enthralled you,
And from the silk clothes and fluttering locks of hair.

6. If the sun of morn appeared it would be eclipsed,
And if it touched, it would bloom with nightshade.

7. If we compared it to the full moon it would age,
And if we matched it to a branch it would straighten.

8. And think about the utmost beauty of the one
Whom you love, you will find a momentous matter.

9. And fear God, for fearing God, nothing
Has ever entered a person's heart except and reached its destination.

10. Not everyone who travels roads is a hero,
Rather, he who fears God is the brave one.

11. And abandon wine if you are a young man,
How can one in frenzy progress if he is reasonable?

12. Believe in the Shariah and do not incline
To a man who observes Saturn at night.

13. Minds are confused about the power of Him
Who has guided us, the Almighty and Majestic.

14. He has prescribed death upon creation, so how many
Have departed from assemblies and passed away from leadership.

15. Where is Nimrod, and Canaan, and those
Who ruled matters and was appointed and dismissed?

16. Where is Aad, where is Pharaoh and those
Who built the pyramids - who hears this is enlightened?

17. Where are those who dominated and constructed and built?
All have perished, and mountains did not avail.

18. Where are the mosque patrons and the people of prohibition?
Where are the people of knowledge and the foremost nation?

19. God will resurrect each one of them,
And will recompense the doer for what he has done.

20. O my son, listen to commandments that comprise
Wisdom specific to the best of religions.

21. Seek knowledge and do not be lazy, for nothing
Has distanced good from the people of laziness.

22. And celebrate jurisprudence in religion, and do not
Be distracted from it by money or fantasies.

23. And avoid sleep, and obtain it, for he who
Knows what is sought belittles what is spent.

24. Do not say its experts have passed away,
For all who traversed the path have arrived.

25. In the proliferation of knowledge is subjugation of enemies,
And the beauty of knowledge, O man of action.

26. Adorn speech with grammar, for whoever
Is deprived of syntax in speech goes senile.

27. And compose poetry and adhere to my creed,
For the lavishness of rhymed prose in life is paltry.

28. For it is a sign of virtue, and how wonderful poetry is when not debased.
The noble have died, none remains but

29. The vulgar or one who depends on his lineage.
I do not choose to kiss a hand,

30. Cutting it off is more beautiful than those kisses.
If you spare me from my praises I would be

31. Shy, or else self-reproach suffices me.
The sweetest words are my words to you, take them,

32. And the most bitter words are my words, perhaps.
The kingdom of Chosroes does not make a cup suffice,

33. And a sip by a ladle does not quench thirst from the sea.
Take heed, we have divided between them,

34. Receive truthfully and with truth it has descended.
Nothing detains a young man from his resolve,

35. Neither "no" nor what has passed with laziness.
And leave this world, for among its habits

36. Is degrading the noble and elevating the lowly.
The life of an ascetic in attaining it

37. Is the life of a warrior, rather, this is more difficult.
How many ignorant ones, though bearing fruit abundantly,

38. And wise ones have died from illnesses.
How many courageous ones have not attained any wealth from it,

39. And cowards attained the hopes completely.
So abandon cunning in it, and be steadfast,

40. As cunning therein is to abandon cunning.
What palm has not attained wishes from it?

41. So may God afflict it with paralysis.
Do not say I have lineage and ancestry,

42. Rather, the lineage of a young man is what he himself attains.
One may gain prominence without a father,

43. And with excellent conduct base birth is concealed.
Just as roses grow from thorns and

44. The narcissus only sprouts from a bulb.
Despite that I thank God for

45. My lineage, as it connects to Abu Bakr.
The value of a human being is what he is proficient in,

46. However much the human being increases it or diminishes it.
And conceal the two matters: poverty and riches,

47. And earn your living and audit the one who slackened.
And dress intensely and labor hard, and avoid

48. The company of fools and misers.
Between extravagance and miserliness there is a position,

49. For if either of them exceeds, it kills.
Do not engage in vilifying noble ones who have passed away,

50. They are not deserving of any lapse.
And overlook matters, for he who is

51. Distracted by nonsense does not attain any gains.
It is not devoid of its opposite, and if

52. One attempts isolation at the top of a mountain.
Keep away from the gossiper and shun him, for

53. None conveyed disapproval except one who transmitted.
Leave the neighbor of your house if he is unneighborly,

54. And if you do not find patience then relocation is beautiful.
Keep away from the sultan and beware his tyranny,

55. Do not dispute with one who if he spoke, acted.
Do not accept governance, even if they ask

56. Out of desire for you, and oppose those who were foreceful.
Half the people are enemies of one who

57. Assumes judgments - this is if he is just.
For he is like one imprisoned from his pleasures,

58. And both his hands bound on the Day of Resurrection.
Deficiency and resentment are only in

59. The words of the judge, for preaching and examples.
The pleasures of rule cannot be compared with

60. What a person tastes when the matter is undone.
And governance, even if agreeable to one who tastes it,

61. Poison is in that honey.
Appointment to office has made me weaker

62. And busier than appeasing the lowly.
Shorten hopes in this world and you will succeed,

63. For the mark of intellect is shorten one's hopes.
Whoever death seeks suddenly

64. Deserves anxiety and fear.
Stay away and frequent your beloved ones rarely,

65. For whoever repeats his visits wearies his beloved.
Take the blade of the sword and leave its scabbard,

66. And consider the excellence of the young man apart from his garb.
Your love of homelands is evident incapacity,

67. So travel far from family in exchange.
For by the remaining of water it stays stale,

68. And the cycling of the moon, it by it becomes full.
O critic, say my words are nonsense,

69. For the scent of roses harms beetles.
Ignore the arrows of my words and take cover,

70. Lest an arrow from my quiver strike you.
Let not the softness of a young man deceive you,

71. For snakes have a deceptive gentleness to be avoided.
I am like water, easy flowing,

72. And when heated I harm and kill.
I am like glass, difficult to break,

73. Yet pliable however you wish it to bend.
Except I am in a time in which whoever possesses

74. Wealth is the revered master.
And it is a duty among people to honor him,

75. While the poor among them are deemed insignificant.
All the people of this age are immersed, and I

76. Am one of them, so leave the details of perfection.