1. A servant rules with ignorance, blinded in folly,
Yet somehow aware when seeking an honored gain,
١. تَسَلطَنَ بِالحَدباءِ عَبدٌ بِلُؤمِهِ
بَصِيرٌ بَلى عَن نَيلِ مَكرُمَةٍ عَمِ
2. When an Arabic phrase awakens him
To glory, his Armenian soul says, sleep!
٢. إِذا أَيقَظَتهُ لَفظَةٌ عَرَبِيَّةٌ
إِلى المَجدِ قالَت أَرمَنِيَّتُهُ نَمِ