1. Life passes, so be kind to your parents while they are here
And a mother deserves the most kindness and affection

2. Bearing children and nursing are lifelong favors
Not every person can attain such nobility

3. Respect kings and obey their ministers
For a king is to the land like rain is to the thirsty plain

4. If they wrong you, benefit comes from enduring it
And think of all the times steeds or horsemen protected you

5. Has there been a time without injustice and oppression?
Whether lords of Persia or lords of Ghassan

6. Horses are only reined in when needed
By bits guiding them and by reins restraining