إِذا شَيَّدَ الإِنسانُ أَبنِيَةَ التُقى

وَغادَرَها بِالحِرصِ وَهيَ شَوامِخُ

When a man builds fortresses of piety,

Yet abandons them through avarice while their minarets soar,

فَذاكَ الَّذي يَأوي إِلى حِسَناتِهِ

فَتَعصِمُهُ مِنها جِبالٌ رَواسِخُ

He who finds refuge in his virtues,

Impregnable mountains will guard him.

وَمِن صَحِبَ التَقوى فَلَيسَ بِنادِمٍ

إِذا صَرَخَت يَوماً عَلَيهِ الصَوارِخُ

He who befriends piety will never regret it,

When clarions call out to him one day.