1. انتفع بالناس وانفع

    هم بتعليم البصيره

    Benefit from people, and benefit

    them by teaching insight.

  2. كن مع الناس كما أن

    ت مع النار المنيره

    Be with people as you

    are with the illuminating fire.

  3. انتفع بالنار واحذر

    ها فبلواها مبيره

    Benefit from fire, and beware of

    it, for its affliction is destructive.

  4. من دنا منك فقارت

    ه ومن صد فخيره

    Whoever draws near you, draw near to

    him; and whoever turns away, that is for the best.

  5. واحذر العميان ما عش

    ت فهم والله طيره

    And beware of the blind as long as

    you live: by God, they are an ill omen.

  6. كم رأينا من وضيع

    عينه عين ضريره

    How many a base man have we seen

    whose eye is a sightless eye,

  7. أدخلت غيظا على قل

    ب أخي عين قريره

    bringing rage into the heart

    of one whose eye is contented.

  8. إنما الأعمى بلاء

    والبليّات كثيره

    A blind man is nothing but an affliction,

    and afflictions are many.

  9. نظر العينين يبدي

    لك عن كل سريره

    The gaze of the two eyes reveals

    to you every secret thought.

  10. والعمى يستر عنك الغ

    ل من شرّ وخيره

    And blindness conceals rancor from you,

    whether born of evil or good.