1. The slave has no glory in laziness
So plead to Allah for acceptance

2. And purify your efforts from ostentation
For there is no struggle with fraud

3. The betrayal of time has expressed it
So take heed, O wise men

4. And gain perfection through renunciation
For deficiency lies only in excess

5. The pleasure of worldly company
Is agony in its abode of dissolution

6. Its circumstances loudly proclaim
Separation in its sweet dwellings

7. How many righteous men it made lawful prey
While we remain in ignorance of that

8. And it overpowered before some youths
And cast down after some elders

9.
He who does not neglect wisdom in perils