1. وَالمالُ يَحويهِ جَدوى مَن يَجودُ بِهِ

    إِنَّ المَكارِمَ لِلمُجدينَ أَموالُ

    And wealth is contained in the bounty of whoever gives it generously.

    Indeed, noble deeds are wealth for benefactors.

  2. وَالقَولُ إِن يَبقَ يُحسَبُ لِلفَتى أَثَراً

    فَلا تَشينَنكَ بَعدَ المَوتِ أَقوالُ

    And speech, if it endures, is reckoned a young man's legacy.

    So let no words disgrace you after death.

  3. حالٌ وَحَولٌ عَلى أَن يَذهَبا خُلِقا

    فَما تَدومُ عَلى الأَحوالِ أَحوالُ

    A condition and a year were created to pass away.

    For no condition endures through changing circumstances.

  4. وَالمَجدُ كَالرُزقِ هَذا نالَ مِنهُ غِنىً

    وَذاكَ مِنهُ مافاتَ إِعوالُ

    And glory is like sustenance: this man gains wealth from it,

    while that man laments what he has missed of it.

  5. لا يَجمَعُ الفَضلَ بَل يُعطى العُلا رَجَبٌ

    لِلحَربِ يُجبى وَيُعطى الفِطرَ شَوّالُ

    Rajab does not amass merit, but is granted eminence;

    it is levied for war, and Shawwal is granted the breaking of the fast.