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I praise some people I think

إني لأمدح أقواما أظنهم

1. I praise some people I think
Will do me justice, nay, yet more

١. إِنّي لِأَمدَحُ أَقواماً أَظُنُّهُمُ
يَقضونَ حَقَّ ثَنائي فَوقَ ما يَجِبُ

2. If they accept, I live; if not, I die
Though round their necks my songs are tied

٢. فَإِن هُمُ وَهَبوا مَنّوا عَلَيَّ بِهِ
فَالمَوتُ إِن نَجَلوا وَالمَوتُ إِن وَهَبوا

3. Like golden chains of Ophir wrought:
The jewel’s virtue is unsought

٣. هَذا وَقَد أَلبَسَت أَجسادُهُم فِكري
مِمّا تَصوغُ عُقوداً كُلَّها ذَهَبُ

4. If hearts lack wisdom. Of what worth
Are jewels in a granite girth?

٤. ذا الدُرُّ مَن كانَ دُرّاً فَهوَ يَلبَسُهُ
فَكَيفَ يَنفُقُ وَالأَقوامُ مُخشَلَبُ