1. Do you strut with pride when fate has clothed you
With a garment you were honored with, yet were not noble?
١. أَتَشمَخُ إِن كَساكَ الدَهرُ ثَوباً
شَرُفتَ بِهِ وَلَم تَكُ بِالشَريفِ
2. For how many times have my eyes seen a curtain
Of brocade placed over a vulgar man!
٢. فَكَم قَد عايَنَت عَينايَ سِتراً
مِنَ الديباجِ حُطَّ عَلى كَنيفِ