1. ولا تُعَوِّلْ على شخصٍ له عُمُمٌ

    وصورَةٌ ذاتُ حُسْنٍ تَيهَرُ القَمَرا

    And do not rely on someone with imposing stature

    and a form whose beauty dazzles the moon.

  2. فكمْ فتىً راقِ مِنهُ ظاهِرٌ حَسَنٌ

    وكان باطِنُهُ ضِدَّ الَّذي ظَهَرا

    For many a youth has charmed with a handsome exterior,

    while his inner self was the opposite of what appeared.

  3. أعدَدْتُهُ لِصُروفِ الدَّهرِ مُدَّخَرا

    فكانَ في السَّبْكِ والتَّحقيقِ مُدَّ

    I had kept him in reserve against the vicissitudes of time;

    yet in smelting and testing, he was—[ending unclear].