1. Each person has a purpose to fulfill,
And on him burdens are loaded or goals set for him.

2. So four types of people with an aim take a risk:
The pious are rewarded for their good deeds.

3. The noble man is disgraced by his position,
While you see the lowly adorned by his manners.

4. Piety's farming for the farmer
Is the honor of the hereafter, not his lineage.

5. The Master demeaning his servants
Is a disgrace that shows in his face as a scar.

6. When your relative's arm grows weak
His lineage will not benefit him.

7. And of affliction, a crime whose author
Clings to us and to others in its branches.

8. Take from your friend without tiring him,
For generosity exhausts the generous.

9. And be content with necessities, not gold -
No gold remains for anyone before you.

10. The greedy man returns to his flatterer,
And the lion is killed by his own dog.