1. قَريضٌ يُحاكي الدُّرَّ نَظَّمَ عِقْدَه

    ذَكِيٌّ يَفُوقُ السَّيْفَ مِنْهُ لِسانُ

    Verse like pearls, its necklace strung

    By a keen-witted man whose tongue surpasses the sword.

  2. لَهُ فِطْنَةٌ تُرْبي عَلَى كُلِّ فِطْنَةٍ

    وذِهْنٌ غَدا للمُشكِلاتٍ بَيانُ

    He has discernment surpassing all discernment,

    And a mind that now makes difficult matters clear.

  3. يُذاكِرُني عَنْ فِريَةٍ مِنْ جَمَاعَةٍ

    أشَاعُوا بِها بَيْنَ الْمَلا وأَبَانوا

    He speaks to me of a slander from a group

    Who spread it among the people and made it known.

  4. فَدَعْهُمْ جَمالَ الدينِ لَسْتُ أَهَابُهُمْ

    فَما فَلَّ صَخْراً في الدُّهورِ سِنانُ

    So leave them, Jamal al-Din; I do not fear them,

    For no spearhead has ever chipped rock through the ages.

  5. وإنَّ الْكِلابَ العاوِياتِ نَوَابحاً

    لِبَدْرِ الدُّجَى مَامَرَّتِ الأَزْمانُ

    And indeed the howling dogs keep barking

    At the full moon of night, as long as the ages pass.

  6. وإنَّ الرّياحَ الذَّارِياتِ إذا عَدَتْ

    عَلَى الشُّمِّ لم يَخْفِقْ لَهُنَّ جَنانُ

    And indeed, when the scattering winds rush

    Against the lofty mountains, no heart trembles before them.

  7. وفَتْوايَ أَجْلَى مِنْ سَنا الشَّمْسِ مَنْظراً

    وَلَيْسَ تَرَى شَمْسَ الضُّحَى الْعُمْيانُ

    And my legal ruling is clearer to behold than the sun's radiance,

    Yet the blind do not see the midmorning sun.