يعدُّ الرِجالُ المكرُماتِ نَوافِلاً

وَهُنَّ عَلى عَبدِ الغنيّ فَرائضُ

Men count honorable deeds as extra credit

Men count noble deeds as voluntary virtues,

While for Abd al-Ghani they are obligations

Yet upon Abdul-Ghani they are binding obligations.

فَتى المَجدِ أَما لِلمَعالي عَلى التُقى

فَبانٍ وَأَمّا لِلصِّعابِ فَرائِضُ

O youth of glory, as for greatness built on piety

A youth of glory—as for heights founded on piety,

Some is clear, and some remains a mystery

He is a builder, and of difficulties, a tamer.