كم من فتىً تُحمَدُ أخلاقُهُ

وتسكنُ الأحرارُ في ذمّتهْ

How many a youth of exemplary morals,

In whom the free find sanctuary,

قد كثَّرَ الحاجبُ أعداءَهُ

وأحقدَ الناسَ على نعمتهْ

Has multiplied his own adversaries,

And caused the envious to abhor his fortune.