1. Do you not see that man has lessons
To be learned from his state of woe?
١. أَما تَرى المرءَ له عِبرةٌ
مَتْلَفةٌ يشقَى بها الحُرُّ
2. Seek not the excess of wealth, for it
Is a shell destroyed by the pearl.
٢. لا تلتمسُ فضلَ الغِنَى إنهُ
في صدفٍ أهلكه الدُّرُّ