1. قضاءُ حقّ الضيفِ أولى به

    من شرع الواجب من حَقِّه

    Fulfilling the guest's due most befits

    the one who ordained the duty owed to him.

  2. وعلَّةُ المرءِ أرى بُرءها

    أرجى لذي العلَّةِ من خَلقه

    And I deem the cure of a man's ailment

    best hoped for by the sufferer from the one who created him.

  3. والعبد لا يُصلحُ من شأنِهِ

    إلاَّ الذي يملِك من رقّه

    And none can set the servant's affairs right

    except the one who holds him in bondage.