1. I have embraced contentment and distanced myself from them,
So I no longer see the minister or the prince.
١. لَزِمْتُ قَنَاعتِي وَقعَدْتُ عَنْهُمْ
فلستُ أَرَى الوزيرَ ولا الأميرَا
2. My poetry was once the idle talk of revelers,
Now to philosophy I have returned as a companion.
٢. وكنتُ سميرَ أَشْعارِي سَفَاهاً
فَعُدْتُ لِفَلْسَفِيَّاتِي سميرَا