1. لا تَحقِرَنَّ حقيراً

    وَتُهملنَّ غَموضَه

    Never scorn a lowly person,

    nor disregard his obscurity.

  2. فرُبَّ سيِّد قومٍ

    أَودى بِسَعي بَعوضَه

    For many a chief of a people

    has perished through a mosquito’s efforts.

  3. إنِّيَ خمرٌ ولكن

    قد أعقبتها حُموضَه

    I am wine, and yet

    sourness has followed it.