1. دع راهباً لا يخدمُ اللَه ربَّه

    بحرصٍ ويمسي بالبطالة راضيا

    Leave a monk who does not serve God, his Lord,

    With zeal, and reaches evening content with idleness,

  2. ولم يَتلُ في معنى الخلاص اجتهادَه

    على الخير بل يتلو علينا التوانيا

    Nor has recounted, concerning salvation, his striving

    Toward good; instead, he recites idleness to us.

  3. فلا ريب أن اللَه يبلوه بغتةً

    بتجربةٍ تُبقيه للدهر باكيا

    There is no doubt that God will suddenly test him

    With a trial that leaves him weeping forever.

  4. وذي رحمةٌ من ربه كي يَرُدَّه

    فعلّمه من ذاك التواني المساويا

    And this is mercy from his Lord, to bring him back,

    Thus teaching him the evils of that indolence.