تأدَّبْ كي يقالَ فتى أديبٌ
لتَحْصَر عنه ألسنةُ المديحِ
Cultivate yourself, so it may be said: “A cultivated youth!”
—so that tongues of praise may be withheld from him.
لقد حفظ الفتى ما في يديه
بغاية حيلة اللَّحِزِ الشحيحِ
The young man has indeed kept what was in his hands,
through the consummate cunning of a grasping miser.
Sol 5.6