1. جلالُ العزِّ في مال القَناعَهْ

    وذلُّ الهُونِ في فقر الطَّماعَهْ

    The splendor of honor lies in the wealth of contentment,

    and the abasement of humiliation in the poverty of greed.

  2. فتلك مع القليل النَّزْر خِصْبٌ

    وتلك مع الغِنى أبدا مَحاعه

    For the former is abundance, even with very little,

    while the latter, even amid riches, is always famine.

  3. وذا مالٌ مع الإنفاقِ يزكو

    وهذا بالصيانةِ في إضاعه

    The one is wealth that grows with spending,

    while the other is squandered in its very safekeeping.