سَتُرعى إِذا أُلفيتَ لِلَفظِ خازِناً

وَتُدهى إِذا حَسَّنَت لِلذَهَبِ الخَزنا

You will be enriched if you devote yourself as a treasurer to words,

And you will prosper if you refine gold as a treasurer.

فَأَنفِق بِميزانٍ مَقالَكَ وَاِبتَعِث

يَدَيكَ بِما أوتيتَ وَزناً وَلا وَزنا

So speak with care, weigh your words, spend

Your hands with what you were given, in measure or without.

وَكَم نِسوَةٍ رَبَّينَ كَالنَخلِ فِتيَةً

فَحُزنَ بِما أَمكَنَّ مِن وَلَدٍ حُزنا

And how many women raise youths like palm trees

Then grieve for the children they could not have.