1. دَعوني وأمري واختِياري فإنَّني

    عَليمٌ بما أَفْري وأخلُقُ من أَمْري

    Leave me to my affairs and my choice, for I

    know well what I carry out and devise in my affairs.

  2. إذا ما مضى يَومٌ ولم أَصْطَنِعْ يَداَ

    ولم أقتبِسْ عِلماً فما هُوَ مِن عُمْري

    If a day passes and I have done no kindness,

    and gained no knowledge, it is no part of my life.