1. لا تَسأَلِ الضَيفَ إِن أَطعَمتَهُ ظُهُراً

    بِاللَيلِ هَل لَكَ في بَعضِ القِرى أَرَبُ

    Do not ask the guest, if you have fed him at noon,

    at night, “Would you care for some food?”

  2. فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مِن قَولٍ يُلَقِّنُهُ

    لا أَشتَهي الزادَ وَهوَ الساغِبُ الحَرِبُ

    For that is the kind of talk that prompts him to say,

    “I do not crave food,” though he is famished and destitute.

  3. قَدِّم لَهُ ما تَأَتّى لا تُؤامِرُهُ

    فيهِ وَلَو أَنَّهُ الطُرثوثُ وَالصَرَبُ

    Serve him whatever is available; do not consult him

    about it, even if it is turthuth and sour milk.