1. لا تَأمَلَنَّ الخَيرَ في الزَمَنِ الَّذي

    حَلَّ اللِئامُ بِهِ مَحَلَّ كِرامِ

    Never hope for good in an age in which

    the base have taken the place of the noble.

  2. وَمِنَ البَلِيَةِ أَن يَراني دونَهُ

    مَن لَيسَ يَصلُحُ أَن يَكونَ غُلامي

    And it is an affliction that I am deemed beneath him

    by one who is unfit to be my servant.