1. إِحذَر مِنَ الدُنيا مَغَبَّتَها

    كَم صالِحٍ عَبَثَت بِهِ فَفَسَد

    Beware the dire consequences of this world.

    How many a righteous man it has toyed with, and so he became corrupt!

  2. ما بَينَ فَرحَتِها وَتَرحَتِها

    إِلّا كَما قامَ اِمرُؤٌ وَقَعَد

    The interval between its joy and its sorrow

    Is but the time it takes a man to stand up and sit down.