1. لَيسَ اِغتِنامُ الصَديقِ شَأني

    فَلا تَكُن شَأنَكَ اِغتِنامي

    Taking advantage of a friend is not my way;

    so do not make taking advantage of me your way.

  2. في الأَرضِ حَيٌّ وَغَيرُ حَيٍّ

    فَجامِدٌ بَينَنا وَنامِ

    On earth are living and nonliving things:

    thus, among us are the inert and the growing.

  3. غُيِّبَ مَيتٌ فَما رَأَتهُ

    عَينٌ سِوى رُؤيَةِ المَنامِ

    A dead man was hidden away, and was seen by no

    eye except in a dream.

  4. فَلا يُبالِ اللَبيبُ مِنّا

    في مَنسِمٍ حَلَّ أَو سَنامِ

    So let the wise one among us not care

    whether he settles in a camel's hoof or hump.

  5. نَأيُ زُنامِ أَوانَ يُدهى

    حَدَّثَ بِالنايِ عَن زُنامِ

    Zunam's absence, when calamity struck him,

    spoke of Zunam through the flute.

  6. وَالغَدرُ في الآدَمِيِّ طَبعٌ

    فَاِحتَرِزي قَبلَ أَن تَنامي

    And treachery is human nature;

    so beware before you sleep.

  7. مَنِ اِدَّعى أَنَّهُ وَفِيٌّ

    فَليَنتَسِب في سِوى الأَنامِ

    Whoever claims that he is loyal,

    then let him claim descent from something other than humankind.