ما بالُ نَفسِكَ بِالآمالِ مُنخَدِعَه

وَما لَها لا تُرى بِالوَعظِ مُنتَفِعَه

What fools these hopes that fill your mind,

And heed no lesson that they find!

أَما سَمِعتَ بِمَن أَضحى لَهُ سَبَبٌ

إِلى النَجاةِ بِحَرفٍ واحِدٍ سَمِعَه

Have you not heard of one who gained

Salvation through a word he trained his ear to hear?