كُن جاهِلاً أَو فَتَجاهَل تَفُز

لِلجَهلِ في ذا الدَهرِ جاهٌ عَريضُ

Be ignorant or feign ignorance, you’ll succeed

Ignorance in this world has great renown

وَالفَضلُ مَحرومٌ يَرى ما يَرى

كَما يَرى الوارِثُ عَينَ المَريض

While virtue is deprived, seeing what it sees

As an heir views the eyes of one about to drown