1. نَهانِيَ عَقلي عَن أُمورٍ كَثيرَةٍ

    وَطَبعي إِلَيها بِالغَريزَةِ جاذِبي

    My reason forbade me many things,

    yet my nature instinctively draws me toward them.

  2. وَمِمّا أَدامَ الرُزءَ تَكذيبُ صادِقٍ

    عَلى خُبرَةٍ مِنّا وَتَصديقُ كاذِبِ

    And among what has prolonged calamity is disbelieving a truthful person,

    though we know better, and believing a liar.