عدِّلْ قُطوبَكَ بالبشَاشَةِ يعتدِلْ

وَزْناهُما فيمَنْ يذلُّ ويكرمُ

Adjust your mood with cheerfulness, so their balance is corrected

Among those who are humiliated and honored.

فالحُرُّ طلْقٌ ضاحِكٌ ولرُبَّما

تلقاهُ وهوَ العابِسُ المُتَجَهِّمُ

The free man is easygoing, laughing, and sometimes

You find him frowning and sullen.

كالوَردِ فيهِ عُفوصَةٌ ومرارَةٌ

وهو الذَّكِيُّ النّاضِرُ المُتَيسِّمُ

Like a rose - it has fragrance and bitterness

Yet it is the intelligent, radiant, smiling one.