وَأَكثَرُ مِن تَلقى يَسُرُّكَ قَولُهُ

وَلكِن قَليلُ مَن يَسُرُّكَ فِعلُهُ

Many speak to you that give you pleasure

Yet few act in ways that truly treasure

وَقَد كانَ حُسنُ الظَنِّ بَعضَ مَذاهِبي

فَأَدَّبَني هذا الزَمانُ وَأَهلُهُ

Good faith in others was my way

But this age and its people led me astray