تَفَقَّهَت في الدُنِّيا فَلَم تُلفِ طائِلاً

وَلا خَيرَ في كَسبٍ أَتاكَ مِنَ الفِقهِ

You grew versed in this world, yet found nothing of worth;

there is no good in earnings that came to you through jurisprudence.

وَإِن تَشرَبَ الصَهباءَ تُعقِبكَ شَهوَةً

وَلَكِن مِنَ المَوتِ الشَرابُ الَّذي يَقهي

And if you drink the red wine, it leaves desire in its wake;

but from death comes the drink that stills all appetite.