رَغبت عَن الدُنيا وَزخرف أَهلها

وَقُلت لِنَفسي إِنَّما العَيش في الأُخرى

I turned away from the world and the splendor of its people,

And told myself: “Life is only in the Hereafter.”

فَدَعني وَزُهدي في الحُطام فَإِنَّني

أَرى الزُهد في الدُنيا هُوَ الراحة الكُبرى

So leave me to my renunciation of worldly debris, for I

See that renouncing the world is the greatest repose.