تَحَرَّز مِن الدُنيا فَإِنَّ فَناءَها

مَحَلُّ فَناءٍ لا مَحَلُّ بَقاءِ

Beware of this world, for its demise

Guard yourself against the world, for its vast domain

Is a place of extinction, not eternity.

Is an abode of transience, not an abode of permanence.

فَصَفوَتُها مَمزوجَةٌ بِكُدورَةٍ

وَراحَتُها مَقرونَةٌ بِعَناءِ

Its purity is mixed with turbidity,

Its purity is mingled with murkiness,

And its comfort coupled with misery.

And its comfort is coupled with toil.