1. إِذا أَقبَلَ الإِنسانُ في الدَهرِ صُدِّقَت

    أَحاديثُهُ عَن نَفسِهِ وَهوَ كاذِبُ

    When a man prospers in life, credence is given

    to his accounts of himself, though he is a liar.

  2. أَتوهِمُني بِالمَكرِ أَنَّكَ نافِعي

    وَما أَنتَ إِلّا في حِبالِكَ جاذِبُ

    Do you make me believe through guile that you benefit me,

    when you are only drawing me into your snares?

  3. وَتَأكُلُ لَحمَ الخِلِّ مُستَعذِباً لَهُ

    وَتَزعُمُ لِلأَقوامِ أَنَّكَ عاذِبُ

    And you eat a close friend's flesh, savoring it,

    and claim to the people that you abstain.