1. لا اُنْسَ إلاّ في مجالِسَ تلتقي

    بفنائها الأشكالُ والنُّظَراءُ

    There is no fellowship except in gatherings where

    kindred spirits and peers meet within their precincts.

  2. فلْيَجْتَنِبْني كلُّ نَذلٍ جاهِل

    ولْيَصْطنِعْني سادتي العُلماءُ

    So let every base, ignorant man avoid me,

    and let my masters, the scholars, bestow their favor on me.

  3. إنَّ الجَهولَ تَضرُّني أخلاقه

    ضررُ السُّعالِ بِمَنْ بهِ اسْتِسقاءُ

    Indeed, the ignorant man's conduct harms me

    as coughing harms one afflicted with dropsy.