1. ما مُنحَ الإنسانُ من دهرهِ

    موهبةً أسنى من العقلِ

    Never has man, in his lifetime, been granted

    a gift more sublime than reason.

  2. يُؤنِسهُ إن ملَّه صاحبٌ

    فهو على الوحدةِ في أهلِ

    It keeps him company if a companion tires of him;

    so even in solitude he is among kin.

  3. ما ضرهّ عندي ولا عابَهُ

    إن غلبَتهُ دولة ُ الجهلِ

    It neither harms him, in my view, nor disgraces him

    if the reign of ignorance overcomes him.