1. لا يُزهِدَنَّكَ في أَخٍ

    لَكَ أَن تَراهُ زَلَّ زَلَّه

    Do not lose regard for a brother

    of yours because you see him make a slip.

  2. ما مِن أَخٍ لَكَ لا تَعي

    بُ وَلَو حَرِصتَ عَلَيهِ خِلَّه

    There is no brother of yours in whom you do not find

    a trait to fault, however much you care for him.

  3. وَالمَرءُ يَطرَحُهُ الَّذي

    نَ يَلونَهُ في شَرِّ إِلَّه

    And a man is cast down by those

    closest to him, into the worst plight.

  4. وَيَخونُهُ مِن مَأمَنٍ

    أَهلُ البِطانَةِ وَالدِخِلَّه

    And he is betrayed from a trusted quarter

    by his intimates and confidants.

  5. وَالمَوتُ أَعظَمُ حادِثٍ

    مِمّا يَمُرُّ عَلى الجِبِلَّه

    And death is the greatest calamity

    of all that befalls humankind.