1. Many speak to you that give you pleasure
Yet few act in ways that truly treasure
١. وَأَكثَرُ مِن تَلقى يَسُرُّكَ قَولُهُ
وَلكِن قَليلُ مَن يَسُرُّكَ فِعلُهُ
2. Good faith in others was my way
But this age and its people led me astray
٢. وَقَد كانَ حُسنُ الظَنِّ بَعضَ مَذاهِبي
فَأَدَّبَني هذا الزَمانُ وَأَهلُهُ