مَا لِلْحَشيشَةِ فَضْلٌ عِنْدَ آكِلِهَا

لَكِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مَصْرُوفٍ إِلى رَشَدِهْ

The grass has no merit to the one who eats it

Yet it does not lead him to wisdom

صَفْرَاءُ في وَجْهِهِ خَضْرَاءُ في فَمِهِ

حَمْرَاءُ في عَيْنِهِ سَوْدَاءُ في كَبِدِهْ

Yellow is his face, green is in his mouth

Red are his eyes, black is his liver