1. كَم عَرَّضوا لِيَ بِالدُنيا وَزُخرُفِها

    مَعَ الهَلوكِ فَلَم أَرفَع بِها راسا

    How often they tempted me with the world and its finery,

    Along with the seductress—yet I did not lift my head for it.

  2. وَكَيفَ يَقبَلُ رِفدَ الناسِ مُحتَمِلاً

    ذُلَّ المَطالِبِ مَن لا يَمدَحُ الناسا

    And how can he accept people's bounty, bearing

    The humiliation of asking—he who does not praise people?