نَصَحتُكَ لا تُقدِم عَلى فِعلِ سَوءَةٍ

وَخَف مِن إِلَهٍ لِلزَمانِ قَديمِ

I advise you, do not commit an evil deed

And fear a God ancient for all time

بَنو آدَمٍ لَم أَدرِ غَرَضُ الَّذي

نَماهُم وَهَل فيهِم صَحيحُ أَديمِ

O children of Adam, I do not know the purpose

That grew them; is there one lasting among them sound?

وَلَستَ تَرى إِلّا عَليماً كَجاهِلٍ

عَلى عِلمِهِ أَو مُثرِياً كَعَديمِ

You see only a learned man ignorant

Of his knowledge, or a wealthy man destitute.

وَما عِندَهُم مِن خيرَةٍ لِمَعاشِرٍ

وَكَم مِن مُدامٍ بَرَحَت بِمُديمِ

They have no goodness for company

And how many a boon companion has departed as a ruin.

فَلا تَشرَبنَها ما حَيِيتَ وَإِن تَمِل

إِلى الغَيِّ فَاِشرَبها بِغَيرِ نَديمِ

So do not drink it while you live, and if you grow weary

Of depravity, then drink it without boon companion.