يَا حَرِيصًا عَلَى تَفَقُّدِ مَالِكْ

كُنْ حَرِيصًا عَلَى تَفَقُّدِ حَالِكْ

O keen to check on your wealth

Be keen to check on your state

فِيكَ بُخْلٌ بِالمَالِ لَا بِالمَعَاصِي

لَيْتَهَا فِي يَدَيْكَ مِنْ بَعْضِ مَالِكْ

In you is stinginess with wealth, not with sins

If only it were in your hands some of your wealth

لَيْسَ بِدْعًا وَأَنْتَ تَقْضِي عَلَى نَفْـ

ـسِكَ جُوعًا ضَنًّا بِمَا أَنْتَ مَالِكْ

It is not odd, while you starve yourself

Stingily with what you own

أَنْ تَرَى الهَالِكِينَ جُوعًا وَلَا تَرْ

ثِي لِطَاوٍ وَلَا تَرِقُّ لِهَالِكْ

That you see the dying of hunger, yet not give

To one in need, nor feel pity for one in peril

لَيْسَ يَفْدِيكَ مَا جَمَعْتَ فَأَنْتَ الـ

ـيَوْمَ أَوْ فِي غَدٍ إِلَى القَبْرِ سَالِكْ

What you hoarded will not redeem you

For today or tomorrow, you go to the grave

أَنْتَ لَا شَيْءَ فِي الحَيَاةِ وَقَدْ يَنْـ

ـفَعُهَا الوَارِثُونَ بَعْدَ زَوَالِكْ

You are nothing in this life, and it may

Benefit the heirs after your demise