1. النَّاسُ كالأَرْضِ وَمِنْهَا هُـمُ

    مِنْ خَشِـنِ اللَّمْسِ وَمِن ليِّنِ

    People are like the earth, and from it they came:

    some is rough to the touch, and some is soft;

  2. مَرْوٌ تَشَكَّى الرِّجْلُ مِنْهُ الأَذَى

    وَإِثْمِدٌ يُجْعَلُ فِـي الأَعْـيُنِ

    some is flint, whose hurt the foot laments,

    and some is ithmid, placed within the eyes.