بَلَوت أَمور الناسِ سبعينَ حجة

وَخَربت صرف الدَهرِ في العُسرِ وَاليُسرِ

I have experienced people's affairs for seventy years

And seen the turns of fate in hardship and ease

فَلَم أَر بَعدَ الدينِ خَيراً مِنَ الغِنى

وَلم أَر بَعدَ الكُفرِ شراً مِنَ الفَقرِ

Yet found no good after faith better than wealth

Nor found, after unbelief, any evil worse than poverty