1. The abodes of the ignorant in our time
Have been exalted, though not through noble deeds
١. مَنازل الجُهّال في عَصرِنا
سَمَت وَلَم تَسمُ بِفعل الكَرَم
2. How true are the words the critic spoke of them
The wild donkey has become the one trampled underfoot
٢. يا حسن ما قالَ المحاجي بِها
حِمارُ وَحش صارَ تَحتَ القَدَم