غَدَونا مُثقَلينَ بِما اِكتَسَبنا

وَعَلَّ العَفوَ مِنهُ سَوفَ يُعفي

We rose burdened with all we had gained

And he will grant us pardon for it all

وَفِكري سَلَّ حُبَّ المالِ مِنّي

وَوَجدي بِالحَياةِ أَطالَ شَعفي

My thoughts shed the love of money from me

And found in life my desires prolonged

وَكَونُ الجِسمِ في جَسَدي خَبيّاً

أَشَقُّ عَلَيهِ مِن هَرَمٍ وَضُعفِ

And my body becoming frail in my frame

Is harder on me than weakness and age

سَتَضرِبُني الحَوادِثُ في نَظيري

فَتَمحَقُني وَلا أَزدادُ ضِعفي

Misfortunes will strike their like in me

Crushing me though I grow no weaker

وَتَنزِلُني سُيولُ الدَهرِ كُرهاً

إِلى وادي مِن جَبَلي وَنَعفي

And the torrents of time will take me down

To a valley from my mountain and palm