1. يا مَن يُعِزُّ المالَ ضَنّاً بِهِ

    إِنَّ المَعالي ضِدَّ ما تَزعَمُ

    O you who hold wealth dear out of stinginess with it,

    Indeed, noble attainments are the opposite of what you suppose.

  2. ما عَزَّ بَينَ الناسِ قَدرُ اِمرِىءٍ

    إِلّا وَقَد ذَلَّ بِهِ الدِرهَمُ

    No man's standing has risen among people

    unless the dirham has already been humbled by him.