لا تلوموا خليفةَ الغرب في اللَهْ

وِ فما غيره عزاء لنفسِهْ

Blame not the West's viceroy for God's sake

For naught else comforts his weary soul

نظر الخطب وهو لا بد منه

فتحاشاه في مجالس أنسِهْ

He saw the sermons as inevitable

So he shunned them despite their charm

ربما مثلت له الحببَ الكأ

سُ شهاباً فظنه بعض بأسِهْ

Perhaps wine seemed a comet to him

Which he thought part of his might