1. O you of virtue whose utterance is pearls
While people's speech is but empty shells
١. أَيُّها الفاضِلُ الَّذي لَفظُهُ الدُر
رُ وَلَفظُ الأَنامِ كَالأَصدافِ
2. Why should people assail your merit falsely
Though in attributes they compare you to themselves
٢. كَيفَ تَلقى الأَنامُ شَأوَكَ في الفَض
لِ وَإِن شَبَّهوكَ في الأَوصافِ
3. The origin of all mankind is clay, but you
Are clay distinguished by a Ya and Qaf.
٣. أَصلُ كُلِّ الأَنامِ طينٌ وَلَكِن
أَنتَ طينٌ مِن بَعدِ ياءٍ وَقافِ