ويرفع المال أقواماً وإن خملوا

ويرزأ الفقر أقواماً وإن كرموا

Wealth raises some men though they be vile,

And poverty brings others low though they be noble.

وقد رأيت رجالا إذ رأيتهم

خلوا مواريثهم للناس وآخترموا

I have seen a man whom when I saw him,

He left his inheritance for people and took the frivolous.

لم يحمدوا بالذي خلوا وراءهم

ولم يحوزوا به إلا الذي اجترموا

They were not praised for what they left behind,

And they gained by it only what they committed of sins.

عمار إن أحق الناس كلهم

بأن نزور إمام الأمة الحكم

Umar, the most right of all people

To visit the leader of the nation, the Wise,

الواهب الألف والمخشي صولته

والمحكم العقد لما خانت الأمم

The giver of thousands and the fearer of his might,

The decisive in authority when nations betrayed,

والقائد الخيل نحو الثغر معلمة

شعثاً تصلصل في أفواهها اللجم

The leader of horses towards the march adorned,

Dishevelled, with froth dripping from their bridles.