وَقالوا أَبو حَيانَ قَد نالَ رُتبَةً

وَقالوا أَبو حَيانَ قَد نالَ رُتبَةً

سَيركبُ فيها بَغلَةً وَيَزيدُ

سَيركبُ فيها بَغلَةً وَيَزيدُ

They said, “Abu Hayyan has now attained a rank—

They said Abu Hayyan has attained a rank

in it he will ride a mule and rise still higher.”

In which he will ride a mule and excel

وَما كُنتُ أَزهى بِالَّذي صِرت نائِلاً

وَما كُنتُ أَزهى بِالَّذي صِرت نائِلاً

وَلا أَنا مِمَّن بالبغالِ يَسودُ

وَلا أَنا مِمَّن بالبغالِ يَسودُ

Yet I took no pride in what I had come to attain,

Yet I was not made arrogant by what I attained

nor am I one of those whom mules make a lord.

Nor am I one who lords over mules