إِن شِئتَ كُلَّ الخَيرِ يُجمَعُ في

الأولى فَبِت كَالصارِمِ الفَرَدِ

If you wish for all good to be gathered in one,

Spend the night like an unsheathed sword, alone.

ماذا يَروقُ العَينَ مِن أُشُرٍ

عُقباهُ صائِرَةٌ إِلى دَرَدِ

What delights the eye more than gift-giving hands

Whose sequel is a plunge into debt?

وَتُصاغُ لِلبيضِ الأَساوِرُ مِن

لُبسِ الأَساوِرِ سابِغَ الزَرَدِ

Bracelets for the fair ones are fashioned from

The wearing of bracelets in deep green.

وَأُمَن عَلى المالِ الرِجالَ وَلا

تَأمَنُهُمُ أَبَداً عَلى الخُرُدِ

And men safeguard wealth, yet never

Can it be safe from them, not even a bit.