1. ترى عائباً إن أنت فتّشت عقله

    ضلالاً وجهلاً غائبا وهو حاضر

    You see a faultfinder, if you examine his mind,

    Astray and ignorant, absent though he is present.

  2. فقلت القويّ العقل خير من الغنى

    وعقليَ معلولٌ وعيبيَ ظاهرُ

    So I said, “A strong mind is better than wealth,”

    Yet my mind is ailing, and my flaw is plain.