1. ظَفَرتَ مِنَ الدُنيا بِجيفَةِ مَيِّتٍ

    فَما لَكَ بُدٌّ مِن مُعاشَرَةِ الكَلبِ

    You have gained from this world a dead creature’s carcass;

    So you cannot avoid keeping company with the dog.

  2. فَدَعها فَما فيها وَما في طِلابِها

    وَلا أَهلِها خَيرٌ لِمَن كانَ ذا لُبِّ

    So leave it, for neither in it nor in pursuing it,

    Nor in its people is there any good for one endowed with reason.