1. The affairs of all the inhabitants of this land
Are like their speech, some rhymed and some prose
١. أُمورُ سُكّانِ هَذي الأَرضِ كُلِّهِمُ
كَلَفظِهِم فيهِ مَنظومٌ وَمَنثورُ
2. The refined person presents refined speech
While the unrefined has nothing refined told of him
٢. يُلقي المُهَنَّدَ مَأثوراً أَخو كَرَمٍ
وَلا يَشيعُ قَبيحٌ عَنهُ مَأثورُ