1. He came asking amidst the people,
"From which of your lands did you get nobility?"
١. أقبلَ عند القوم يسألني
من أيّ أرضَيك نلت إيثارا
2. I said, "From the good that my eyes have seen,
But I have also seen a vulture's beak."
٢. قلت من النيك ما رأى بصري
خيراً ولكن رأيت منقارا