1. وَمَيَّزَ في إِنفاقِهِ بَينَ مُصلِحٍ

    مُعايَشَةً يَضُرُ وَيَنفَعُ

    And in his spending he distinguished between what improves

    life with others, what harms, and what benefits.

  2. إِذا اِكتَسَبَ المالَ الفَتى مِن وجوهِهِ

    وَأَحسَنَ تَدبيراً لَهُ حينَ يَجمَعُ

    When a young man earns wealth from its sources,

    and manages it well when he gathers it,

  3. وَأَرضى بِهِ أَهل الحُتوفِ وَلَم يَضَع

    بِهِ الذُخرَ زاداً لِلَتي هيَ أَنفَعُ

    and with it pleases the folk of death, and does not set aside

    with it a reserve as provision for what is more beneficial,

  4. فَذاكَ الفَتى لا جامِعُ المالِ ذاخراً

    لِأَولادِ سوءٍ حَيثُ حَلّوا وَأَوضَعوا

    that is the young man—not one who amasses wealth, saving it

    for wicked children, wherever they settle and hasten on.