اِعمل بدُنياك واِحذر مِن عَواقبها

فَلَست تَأَمنُ يَوماً مِن نَوائبها

Do as you will in this world but beware the consequences,

For you'll never feel safe from its afflictions a single day.

وَعاشر الناس وَاِنظُر مِن عَجائبها

ما الناس إِلّا مَع الدُنيا وَصاحبها

Mix with people and behold the wonders they offer,

People are only with this world and its ways.

فَكُلَّما انقلَبَت يَوماً بِهِ اِنقَلَبوا

خِداعُهم عِند أَرباب العُقول ثَبت

Whenever it changes course they change with it,

Their deceit is evident to the wise.

وَكُلُّ نَفس سَتُجزى بِالَّذي اِكتَسَبت

فَاِعجَب لِأَسواءِ أَخلاق لهم نسِيت

Each soul will be recompensed for what it has earned,

How strange are the worst morals they've forgotten!

يعظِّمون أَخا الدُنيا فَإِن وَثَبت

يَوماً عَلَيهِ بِما لا يَشتَهي وَثَبوا

They revere the world's brother but if one day

It rebels against his desires, they'll rebel.