1. يا حريصاً على الغنى

    قاعداً بالمراصدِ

    O you who are eager for wealth,

    sitting at the lookout posts,

  2. لست في سعيك الذي

    خضت فيه بقاصد

    you are not, in the striving that

    you have plunged into, keeping a measured course.

  3. إن دنياك هذه

    لستَ فيها بخالد

    Indeed, this world of yours—

    you will not live in it forever.

  4. بعضَ هذا فإنما

    أنت ساع لقاعدِ

    Ease off this, for it is only

    for one who sits idle that you strive.