1. خابَ الَّذي سارَ عَن دُنياهُ مُرتَحِلاً

    وَلَيسَ في كَفِّهِ مِن دينِهِ طَرَفُ

    He has failed who journeys away from his worldly life,

    And has no portion of his faith in his hand.

  2. لا خَيرَ لِلمَرءِ إِلّا خَيرُ آخِرَةٍ

    يُبقي عَلَيهِ فَذاكَ العِزُّ وَالشَرَفُ

    There is no good for a man but the good of the hereafter

    That preserves him; such is glory and honor.

  3. نَرجو السَلامَةَ في العُقبى وَما حَسُنَت

    أَعمالُنا فَيُرَجّى الفَوزُ وَالغُرَفُ

    We hope for safety in the hereafter, yet not good enough

    Are our deeds to warrant hope of salvation and lofty chambers.

  4. ما بانَ قَومٌ عَنِ الأَولى بِما جَمَعوا

    مِنَ الحُطامِ وَلَكِن بِالَّذي اِقتَرَفوا

    No people departed this first life with what they gathered

    Of worldly chaff, but with what they had committed.

  5. سَأَلتُ عَقلي فَلَم يُخبِر وَقُلتُ لَهُ

    سَلِ الرِجالَ فَما أَفتَوا وَلا عَرَفوا

    I asked my reason; it gave no answer, and I said to it:

    "Ask the men"; they gave no ruling and did not know.

  6. قالوا فَمالوا فَلَمّا أَن حَدَوتُهُمُ

    إِلى القِياسِ أَبانوا العَجزَ وَاِعتَرَفوا

    They spoke, then swerved; but when I urged them

    To logical reasoning, they revealed their inability and confessed.

  7. جارانِ مَلِكٌ وَمُحتاجٌ أَتى زَمَنٌ

    عَلَيهِما فَتَساوى البُؤسُ وَالتَرَفُ

    Two neighbors—a king and a needy man; a time came

    Upon them both, and misery and luxury became equal.

  8. إِن تَركَبِ الخَيلَ أَو تَضرُب مَراكِبَها

    مِن عَسجَدٍ فَإِلى الغَبراءِ تَنصَرِفُ

    If you ride horses or forge their saddles

    From gold, you still return to the dusty earth.

  9. وَالفَقرُ أَحمَدُ مِن مالٍ تُبَذِّرُهُ

    إِنَّ اِفتِقارَكَ مَأمونٌ بِهِ السَرَفُ

    And poverty is more praiseworthy than wealth you squander.

    Indeed, your poverty is a sure safeguard against extravagance.

  10. يَعرى الفَقيرُ وَبِالدينارِ كَسوَتُهُ

    وَفي صِوانِكَ ما إِعدادُهُ خَرَفُ

    The poor man goes naked, and a dinar would clothe him,

    While in your clothes chest lie things it is folly to store.