1. في الناسِ إِن فَتَّشتَهُم

    مَن لا يُعِزُّكَ أَو تُذِلُّه

    Among people, if you examine them,

    is one who will not honor you unless you humiliate him.

  2. فَاِترُك مُجامَلَةَ اللَئي

    مِ فَإِنَّ فيها العَجزَ كُلَّه

    So abandon courtesy toward the ignoble,

    for in it lies weakness in its entirety.