وَساعٍ يَجمَعُ الأَموالَ جَمعاً

لِيورِثَها أَعاديهِ شَقاءَ

One toils to amass riches that he may bequeath

To foes who will waste them, so sad is his plight.

وَكَم ساعٍ لِيُثري لَم يَنَلهُ

وَآخَرُ ما سَعى نالَ الثَراءِ

How many have toiled to enrich themselves, but failed,

While others achieved wealth without toil or travail.

وَمَن يَستَعتِبِ الحَدَثانِ يَوماً

يَكُن ذاكَ العِتابُ لَهُ عَناءَ

He who would chide the vicissitudes of fate

Will but increase his own distress and pain.