1. Do as you will in this world but beware the consequences,
For you'll never feel safe from its afflictions a single day.
١. اِعمل بدُنياك واِحذر مِن عَواقبها
فَلَست تَأَمنُ يَوماً مِن نَوائبها
2. Mix with people and behold the wonders they offer,
People are only with this world and its ways.
٢. وَعاشر الناس وَاِنظُر مِن عَجائبها
ما الناس إِلّا مَع الدُنيا وَصاحبها
3. Whenever it changes course they change with it,
Their deceit is evident to the wise.
٣. فَكُلَّما انقلَبَت يَوماً بِهِ اِنقَلَبوا
خِداعُهم عِند أَرباب العُقول ثَبت
4. Each soul will be recompensed for what it has earned,
How strange are the worst morals they've forgotten!
٤. وَكُلُّ نَفس سَتُجزى بِالَّذي اِكتَسَبت
فَاِعجَب لِأَسواءِ أَخلاق لهم نسِيت
5. They revere the world's brother but if one day
It rebels against his desires, they'll rebel.
٥. يعظِّمون أَخا الدُنيا فَإِن وَثَبت
يَوماً عَلَيهِ بِما لا يَشتَهي وَثَبوا