لا تُتبِعِ الدُنيا وَأَيّامَها

ذَمّاً وَإِن دارَت بِكَ الدائِرَه

Do not pursue this world and its days,

Though it may spin you in its cycle.

مِن شَرَفِ الدُنيا وَمِن فَضلِها

أَنَّ بِها تُستَدرَكُ الآخِرَه

The nobility of this world and its excellence

Is to prepare in it for the world to come.