أَلهيتَ نفسَك لكنْ

لَهيتَ بالأوطارْ

You indulged yourself, but

You indulged in vain things

طلبتَ شهوتَها إذْ

أَلهَبْتَ فيها النارْ

You sought its lust when

You kindled the fire in it

قدَّمت ذنبَكَ لمّا

قدَّمتَ بالأَعذار

You presented your sin when

You presented with excuses

لَعَدَمْتَ عمرَكَ حتّى

عَمَرْتَ هذي الدارْ

You wasted your life until

You inhabited this house

العمرُ يقصُرُ والدَّهْ

رُ بالفتى غدّارْ

Life is short and fate

With the young man is treacherous

كلاهُما مسعارٌ

جَناهما مُشْتارْ

Both are ignited

Their wings are folded

وِدادُهما قَلَّ دنيا

إيرادُها إصدارْ

Their love for the world is little

Its income is expenditure

سباعُها ضارياتٌ

طباعُها أضرارْ

Its predators are ferocious

Its nature is harm

جاراتُها جائرات

عرفاتُها إنكسار

Its neighbors are unjust

Its character is frustration

خُسرانُها الرِّبحُ عندي

نقصانُها إبدارْ

Its loss to me is profit

Its decrease is productivity

كثيرُها مُستَقل

غزيرُها غرَّارْ

Much of it is independent

A lot of it is fleeting

أَدوارُها دائرات

أَوطارُها أَطوارْ

Its cycles are circuits

Its phases are phases

لباسُها البأسُ فاعلَمْ

فناسُها أَغمارْ

Its clothing is affliction, so know

Its essence is delusion

غُفْلُ البصائرِ ذُهْلُ ال

قلوبِ والأبصارْ

The neglect of insight is the blindness of

Hearts and sights

توالتِ السّفْرُ منها

وطالتِ الأَسفارْ

Travel has continued from it

And journeys have been long

بَدارِ فالأَمرُ صعب

حذارِ للانذارْ

In the abode, so the matter is difficult

Beware of warnings

اقْنِ الثناءَ وأَقنِ الثَّ

راءَ وانفِ العارْ

Be content with praise and be content with

Wealth and avoid shame

فَرِّق لُهاكَ وأحسنْ

وأَنفق الدينارْ

Separate yourself for destruction and do good

And spend the dinar

مالي أُكثرُ مالي

ومالي الأنصارْ

My money, increase my money

And my money, my supporters

الذِّكرُ عندي خير

والشُّكرُ لي مختارْ

Remembrance to me is best

And gratitude to me is preferable

يُفرِّجُ الهمَّ عندي

ما تُنتجُ الأَقدارْ

It relieves anxiety for me

What the decrees produce