إذا خدمْتَ المُلوكَ فالْبَسْ

منَ التَّوَقِّي أعزَّ مَلْبَسْ

If you serve kings, then wear

The garment of circumspection, most honored attire,

وادخُلْ عليهِم وأنتَ أعمى

واخرُجْ إذا ما خرجْتَ أخرَسْ

And enter in their presence as though blind,

And if you leave, leave mute and deaf.