وَما نافِعي إِلّا الَّتي لَو بَلَغتَها

بَلَغتُ مِنَ الأَيّامِ ما أَتَمَنّاهُ

My worth is only what I have achieved

If I attained my hopes for my days

هُنالِكَ لَم يَزحَم بَخيلٌ بِمَنكِبي

لِأَنّي عَلَيهِ ما بَخِلتُ بِدُنياهُ

Then no miser jostled with me

For I was not miserly with his world