أَرى الدُنيا لِمَن هِيَ في يَدَيهِ

عَذاباً كُلَّما كَثُرَت لَدَيهِ

I see this world for whoever possesses it

As torture, the more he acquires of it.

تُهينُ المُكرِمينَ لَها بِصُغرٍ

وَتُكرِمُ كُلَّ مَن هانَت عَلَيهِ

It disgraces those who honor it a little,

And honors whoever it has been disgraced by.

إِذا اِستَغنَيتَ عَن شَيءٍ فَدَعهُ

وَخُذ ما أَنتَ مُحتاجٌ إِلَيهِ

When you can do without something, leave it be,

And take only what you are in need of.