1. المَرءُ إِن كانَ عاقِلاً وَرِعاً

    أَشغَلَهُ عَن عُيوبِ غَيرِهِ وَرَعُه

    If a person is wise and pious,

    his piety keeps him from dwelling on others' faults,

  2. كَما العَليلُ السَقيمُ أَشغَلَهُ

    عَن وَجَعِ الناسِ كُلِّهِم وَجَعُه

    just as an ailing, sick man is distracted

    from the pain of all people by his own pain.