اِذا ما شئتَ أَن تَحيا

حياةً حُلوَةَ المَحيا

If you wish life to be sweet, my friend,

If you truly wish to live

Then cast away envy, stinginess and greed.

A life of sweet existence,

فَلا تَحسِد وَلا تَبخَل

وَلا تَحرِص عَلى الدُنيا

Do not covet this fleeting world,

Then do not envy, nor be miserly,

And you will savor life's heavenly mead.

And do not crave the worldly realm.