1. يُبَدِّرُ ما أَصابَ وَلا يُبالي

    أَسُحتاً كانَ ذَلِكَ أَم حَلالا

    He squanders what he acquires and does not care

    whether it was ill-gotten or lawful.

  2. فَلا تَغتَرَّ بِالدُنيا وَذَرها

    فَما تسوى لَكَ الدُنيا خِلالا

    So do not be deceived by this world, and leave it behind;

    for this world is not worth a toothpick to you.

  3. أَتَبخَلُ تائِهاً شَرِهاً بِمالٍ

    يَكونُ عَلَيكَ بَعدَ غَدٍ وَبالا

    Are you, arrogant and greedy, miserly with wealth

    that will become a bane to you the day after tomorrow?

  4. فَما كانَ الَّذي عُقباهُ شَرٌّ

    وَما كانَ الخَسيسُ لَدَيكَ مالا

    For that whose outcome is evil is not wealth,

    nor is what is base wealth in your eyes.

  5. فَبِتُّ مِنَ الأُمورِ بِكُلِّ خَيرٍ

    وَأَشرَفِها وَأَكمَلِها خِصالا

    So I spent the night with all that is good among affairs,

    and the noblest of them, and the most perfect in qualities.