1. After my masters have passed away, things
Have become wondrous, to be written among people.
١. جَرَتْ مِن َبَعدِ سَاداتي أُمُورٌ
غَدَتْ عَجَباً تُسَطَّرُ في الأَنامِ
2. Yet idleness has not tempted me, for through it
I’ve known the noble from the vile.
٢. فَما غَلَتِ البَطالةُ لي لأَنّي
عَرَفْتُ بها الكِرامَ مِن اللِّئَامِ