1. إذا شئت أن تلقى خليلاً مُعبساً

    وجدَّاه في الماضين كعبٌ وحاتِمُ

    If you wish to find a friend frowning,

    though his two grandfathers among those of old are Kaʿb and Hatim,

  2. فحاوله عمَّا في يديه فإنَّما

    تكشف أخلاقَ الرجالِ الدراهمُ

    then ask him for what is in his hands, for only

    dirhams reveal the character of men.