كَفاكَ عَنِ الدُنيا الذَميمَةِ مَخبَراً

غِنى باخِليها وَافتِقارِ كِرامِها

Enough of telling me about this base world,

Of the greed of its wealthy and the poverty of its nobles,

وَأَنَّ رِجالَ النَفعِ تَحتَ مَداسِها

وَأَنَّ رِجالَ الضُرِّ فَوقَ سَنامِها

And that the men of merit are under its feet,

While the men of evil are over its summits.