1. It is death, so do all that you can do
For you must drink the cup of death, inevitably

2. O man who deceives himself, gently, gently
Do you know who it is you are deceiving?

3. O gatherer of the world for other than its purpose
You will leave it so see for whom you gather

4. How many gatherers we have seen who have become
Lying between layers of dust upon their couches

5. If those with vision watched all that
They see, no eye would remain dry of tears

6. After Prophet Muhammad, people have transgressed
So the laws have been erased after the Prophet

7. The wombs of the abstainers have become empty
While their orphans are exiled and hungry

8. As for the wombs of the over-indulgers, they are as if
Frogs are suffocating in their insides

9. The quenched one knows not the one whose thirst is prolonged
Nor does the sated one know the hungry one

10. The affairs of these creatures belong to Allah alone
Each will inevitably return to Him

11. For Allah there are in the world many wonders
That point to His wisdom and ingenuity

12. To Allah belong the mysteries of all matters though
Outwardly the benefits may appear amidst people

13. To Allah belong the rulings of destiny, by His knowledge
He gives whom He wills, and He withholds

14. If one you hope for is stingy with his bounty toward you
Then leave him, for sustenance in the earth is plentiful

15. Whoever makes the world his passion and concern
Will be enslaved by death and greedy ambitions

16. Whoever uses intellect becomes reverent and honors himself
Whoever is content becomes self-sufficient - are you content?

17. For every person there are two opinions: one that
Dissuades him from something, another that disputes