1. خِدرُ العَروسِ وَإِن كانَت مُحَبَّبَةً

    أَدهى وَأَفتَكُ مِن عَريسَةِ الأَسَدِ

    The bride’s secluded chamber, though she is beloved,

    Is more perilous and deadlier than the lion’s lair.

  2. وَشِركةُ الخِلِّ فيما هانَ تُفسِدُهُ

    عَلَيكَ فَاِتَّقِ مِن أَخلاقِكَ الفُسُدِ

    And partnership with a friend, even in trifles, estranges him

    From you; so beware your corrupt character traits.

  3. ما عاشَ جِسمانِ في الدُنِّيا بِواحِدَةٍ

    مِنَ النُفوسِ وَلا النَفَسانِ بِالجَسَدِ

    Two bodies have never lived in this world with a single

    Soul, nor two souls in one body.

  4. وَنيَّةُ الخَيرِ مِثلُ الطَيرِ آبيَّةٌ

    صَدرَ الفَتى فَلِيُحاذِر صائِدَ الحَسَدِ

    And good intent, like a bird, refuses to dwell

    In a young man’s breast; let him beware envy, the hunter.

  5. كَم سادَ في مُدَّةِ الأَيّامِ مِن رَجُلٍ

    ثُمَّ اِنقَضى فَهوَ مِثلُ المَرءِ لَم يَسُدِ

    How many a man has held sway over the course of days,

    Then passed away—so he is like a man who never held sway.