1. دَع مَن يُقارِضُ أَقداحاً بِأَقداحِ

    لَيسَ المُروءَةُ سَقيَ الراحِ بِالراحِ

    Leave alone whoever repays cups with cups.

    Nobility of character is not serving wine in return for wine.

  2. عَهدي بِقَومٍ إِذا ما حَلَّ زائِرُهُم

    تَبادَروا لِقِرى الضيفانِ سُمّاحِ

    I recall a people who, whenever their visitor arrived,

    hastened, openhanded, to offer their guests hospitality.

  3. عاشوا بِأَسيافِهِم فَتكاً بِلا مِنَنٍ

    مِنَ الأَراذِلِ أَو ماتوا بِأَرماحِ

    They lived by their swords, slaying ruthlessly, without favors

    from the ignoble—or died by spears.