هُوَ الرِزقُ يُجريهِ المَليكُ وَلَن تَرى

أَخا عيشَةٍ بِالحِرصِ يُطعَمُ أَو يُسقى

It is provision—the Sovereign causes it to flow—and never will you see

a man of self-restraint fed or given drink through grasping greed.

وَكَم أَمَرَ العَقلُ السَليمُ بِصالِحٍ

فَما فَعَلوا إِلّا الخِيانَةَ وَالفِسقا

How often sound reason has counseled what is good,

yet they did nothing except betray and transgress.