أتهتم بالدنيا فتلك حبيبة

إليك فما تخليك يومًا من الهم

You care for this world, that is your beloved

To you, so it never leaves you without worry

أليس لها همٌّ فهاتيك خلة

صداقتها أضنى من الهم للجسم

Does it not have a care? Here you are her intimate

Her friendship is more tormenting than worry itself is to the body

وما بين همٍّ دائم أو سآمة

خيارٌ لمختار وحكمٌ لذي حكم

And between constant worry or boredom

There is a choice for the chooser and wisdom for the wise

فخذها على علاتها والْقَ عيشها

شقيًّا بعلم، أو شقيًّا بلا علم

So take her with her faults and live her life

Wretched with knowledge, or wretched without knowledge