إِذا الإِنسانُ خانَ النَفسَ مِنهُ

فَما يَرجوهُ راجٍ لِلحِفاظِ

When a man betrays his soul

What can he expect from one who strives to preserve?

وَلا وَرَعٌ لَدَيهِ وَلا وَفاءٌ

وَلا الإِصغاءُ نَحوَ الإِتِّعاظِ

No piety in him, nor loyalty

Nor heeding admonition

وَما زُهدُ الفَتى بِحَلقِ رَأسٍ

وَلا بِلِباسِ أَثوابٍ غِلاظِ

A young man's asceticism is not from shaving his head

Nor from wearing coarse garments

وَلَكِن بِالهُدى قَولاً وَفِعلاً

وَإِدمان التَجَشُّعِ في اللِحاظِ

But in guidance, in word and deed

And persisting to lower his gaze

وَإِعمالِ الَّذي يُنجي وَيُنمي

بِوُسعٍ وَالفِرارُ مِنَ الشواظِ

And doing what saves and enriches

With moderation, and fleeing from excesses