إِنَّ المَكارِمَ لا يَقودُ جِيادَها

مَن لَم يَكُن مِن راضَةِ الكُرَماءِ

The noble deeds' steeds are not led

By one who is not of the noble's contentment

فَإِذا وَجَدتَ لِدِرهَمَيكَ حَلاوَةً

دَعها وَلا تَعبُر لَها بِرِياءِ

So if you find sweetness in your two dirhams

Leave them be and do not put on an air of ascetism

فَرُكوبِها مُتَعَذِّرٌ إِن لَم تَكُن

مِمَّن لَهُ لُجُمٌ مِنَ الآلاءِ

For mounting them is arduous if you are not

One who is endowed with sublime gifts