يا أَيُّها الزاهِدُ في الزُهدِ

عَرِّج عَنِ الهَزلِ إِلى الجِدِّ

O you who renounce renunciation,

turn aside from jest and toward earnestness.

فَبَعدَ نورِ الشَيبِ لا يُرتَجى

لِلمَرءِ إِلّا ظُلمَةُ اللَحدِ

Beyond the light of gray hair, nothing may be expected

for a man except the darkness of the grave.

فَاِحتَل مِنَ التَوبَةِ في أَجرِهِ

إِن شِئتَ سُكنى جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ

So devise, through repentance, a way to its reward,

if you desire to dwell in the Garden of Eternity.