وَما خَيرُ مَن لا يَنفَعُ الأَهلَ مالُهُ
فَإِن ماتَ لَم تَحزَن عَلَيهِ أَقارِبُهْ
What good is a man whose wealth brings his family no benefit?
For if he dies, his relatives will not mourn him.
كَهامٌ عَنِ الأَقصى كَليلٌ لِسانُهُ
وَفي البَشَرِ الأَدنى حَديدٌ مَخالِبُهْ
Against a distant foe, all they have in him is a dull tongue;
yet among those nearest him, his claws are iron-sharp.
Sol 5.6