اِدأبْ على جمع الفضائل جاهدا

و أدمْ لها تَعَبَ القريحة و الجسدْ

Strive to gather virtues diligently

And devote to it the toil of mind and body

و اقصد بها وجه الإله و نفع من

بَلَّغْتَهُ وَ جَدَّ فيها و اجتهدْ

And aim through it the face of God and the benefit of those

Whom you have reached and who have striven in it

و اترك كلام الحاسدينَ و بغيَهُمْ

هملا فبعد الموت ينقطعُ الحسدْ

And leave the talk of envious ones and their hatred

Neglect it, for after death, envy is cut off