1. I was granted generosity though not granted its nobility
For nobility is naught but ample wealth
١. رُزِقتُ جوداً وَلَم أُرزَق مُروءَتَهُ
وَما المُروءَةُ إِلّا كَثرَةُ المالِ
2. If I sought high-mindedness, straitened means deterred me
From whatever would extol my name, my condition too frail
٢. إِذا أَرَدتُ مُساماةً تُقاعِدني
عَمّا يُنَوِّهُ بِاِسمي رِقَّةُ الحالِ