1. إِذَا سَتَرَ الْفَقْرُ امْرَأً ذَا نَبَاهَةٍ

    فَلا بُدَّ يَوْماً أَنْ يُشِيدَ بِهِ الْفَضْلُ

    If poverty conceals a man of distinction,

    Then merit must one day extol him.

  2. فَإِنَّ لَهِيبَ النَّارِ مَهْمَا كَفَأْتَهُ

    إِلَى أَسْفَلٍ قَسْراً فَلا بُدَّ أَنْ يَعْلُو

    For the flame of fire, however you turn it

    Forcibly downward, must rise.