إِذا لَم تَجِد ما يَبتُرُ الفَقرَ قاعِداً

فَقُم وَاِطلُبِ الشَيءَ الَّذي يَبتُرُ العُمرا

If poverty sits beside you, do not sit

If you find nothing to sever poverty while sitting idle,

Seeking what makes life depart in haste

Then rise and seek that which severs life itself.

هُما خَلَّتانِ ثَروَةٌ أَو مَنِيَّةٌ

لَعَلَّكَ أَن تُبقي بِواحِدَةٍ ذِكرا

Wealth or death are two fates

Two fates alone exist: great wealth or death,

Perhaps with one your name will last

Perhaps through one, you will leave a legacy behind.