1. وَذي غِنىً أَوهَمَتهُ هِمَّتُهُ

    أَنَّ الغِنى عَنهُ غَيرُ مُنفَصِلِ

    And a wealthy man was deluded by his ambition

    into thinking that wealth would never part from him.

  2. فَجَرَّ أَذيالَ عُجبِهِ بَطَراً

    وَاِختالَ لِلكِبرِياءِ في حُلَلِ

    So he dragged the skirts of his conceit in wanton pride,

    and strutted arrogantly in fine robes.

  3. بَزَّتهُ أَيدي الخُطوبِ بِزَّتَهُ

    فَاِعتاضَ بَعدَ الجَديدِ بِالسَمَلِ

    The hands of calamity stripped him of his attire,

    so he exchanged new garments for threadbare ones.

  4. فَلا تَثِق بِالغِنى فَآفَتُهُ ال

    فَقرُ وَصَرفُ الزَمانِ ذو دُوَلِ

    So do not trust in wealth, for its bane is

    poverty; and time's course has its reversals.

  5. كَفى بِنَيلِ الكَفافِ مِنهُ غِنىً

    عَنهُ فَكُن فيهِ غَيرَ مُحتَفِلِ

    Gaining enough of it suffices to make you independent

    of it; so be unconcerned with it.