الناسُ خَلقٌ واحِدٌ مُتَشابِهٌ

لَكِنَّما تَتَخالَفُ الأَعمالُ

People are all one kind, alike in form

Though deeds may set their lives apart

وَيُقالُ حَقٌّ في الرِجالِ وَباطِلٌ

أَيُّ اِمرِئٍ إِلّا وَفيهِ مَقالُ

Some speak the truth, some falsehoods utter

In every man there is a fault

وَلِكُلِّ إِنسانٍ بِما في نَفسِهِ

مِن عَيبِهِ عَن غَيرِهِ أَشغالُ

All men bear flaws, and feel distaste

For blemishes in other's tastes

يَستَثقِلُ اللَمَمَ الخَفيفَ لَغَيرِهِ

وَعَلَيهِ مِن أَمثالِ ذاكَ جِبالُ

The small they magnify in another's eye

Though boasting loads of their own lies

وَيَنامُ عَن دُنياهُ نَومَةَ قانِعٍ

بِنَعيمِ دُنياهُ وَذاكَ خَيالُ

Content, men slumber through their days

Bewitched by worldly pleasures' haze

وَرَأَيتُ أَلسِنَة الرِجالِ أَفافِياً

طَوراً تَثورُ وَتارَةً تَغتالُ

And tongues of men I've seen as snakes

Lashing out or lying in wait

فَإِذا سَلِمتَ مِنَ المَقالَةِ غَيرَها

تَجني فَأَنتَ الأَسعَدُ المِفضالُ

If you avoid all idle speech

You're happiest, most blessed of each