1. إِذا ما طَوى دوني اِمرؤٌ بَطنَ كَفِّهِ

    طَوَيتُ يَميني دونَهُ وَشمالِيا

    If ever a man closes his palm to me,

    I close my right hand to him, and my left.

  2. يَبينُ لَنا ذو الحِلمِ مِن حُلَمائِنا

    إِذا ما تَعاطَينا الزُجاجَ تَعاطِيا

    The truly forbearing man among our forbearing men is revealed to us

    When we pass the glasses back and forth.

  3. أَرى الكَأسَ تهدي لِلَّئيمِ مَلامَة

    وَتَترُكُ أَخلاقَ الكَريمِ كَما هِيا

    I see the cup bring reproach upon the base man,

    And leave the noble man's character as it is.

  4. رَأَيتُ أَقَلَّ الناسِ عَقلاً إِذا اِنتَشى

    أَقَلَّهُمُ عَقلاً إِذا كانَ صاحِيا

    I have found the least sensible of people when drunk

    To be the least sensible of them when sober.