إِيّاكَ مِن ناسٍ وَأَمثالِهِ

فَالعَيشُ مَع أَمثالِهِ يَقبُحُ

Beware of people like him,

For living with his kind is ugly.

إِذا تَغَنّى رافِعاً صَوتَهُ

حَسِبتَهُ سِنوَرَةً تُذبَحُ

When he sings loudly raising his voice,

You'd think him a cat being slaughtered.