1. وَقائِلٍ ما المُلكُ قُلتُ الغِنى

    فَقالَ لا بَل راحَةُ القَلبِ

    And someone asked, “What is kingship?” I said, “Wealth.”

    He said, “No, rather peace of heart,

  2. وَصَونِ ماءِ الوَجهِ عَن ذِلَّةٍ

    في نَيلِ ما يَنفَدُ عَن قُربِ

    and safeguarding one’s dignity from humiliation

    in obtaining what will soon run out.”