1. Do not pursue the purpose of one who has no good in him, if
The person saw in him other than what was good.
١. لا تَلحَ في قَصدِ مَن لا خَيرَ فيهِ إِذا
ما اِستَحسَنَ المَرءُ فيهِ غَيرَ ما حَسنِ
2. So sometimes extreme thirst calls him,
To the necessity of drinking from impure waters.
٢. فَرُبَّما دَعَتِ الظَمآنَ غُلَّتُهُ
إِلى ضَرورَةِ شُربِ الآسنِ الأَجِنِ