1. يا ذا الذي أنطقَهُ مالُه

    وكان لولاهُ حليفَ السكوتْ

    O you whose wealth has made you speak,

    And who, but for it, would have been silence's companion;

  2. ما لكَ من مالكَ إلا الذي

    تسُدّ منه خلّة أو تَقوتْ

    Nothing of your wealth is yours except what

    You use to meet a need or provide sustenance.

  3. سيّانِ من أصبحَ في جوسقٍ

    أو كان في بيتٍ من العنكبوتْ

    It is all the same whether one finds himself in a palace

    Or lives in a spider's house.

  4. ما الفقرُ يُدْني لامرئٍ موتَه

    ولا الغِنى يمنَعُهُ أن يموتْ

    Poverty does not bring a person's death nearer,

    Nor does wealth prevent him from dying.