قلْ للذي يَبتْغي جاهي ومَنزِلتي

راجعْ يقينَك واستكشفْ غيابتَهْ

Say to him who seeks my glory and my high place,

Return your certainty and probe its absence,

فلي قوافٍ سلبْنَ النّحلَ ريقتَه

والماءَ رقّته والسحرَ رُقْيتَهُ

For I have rhymes that robbed the bees of their nectar,

And water of its softness, and magic of its charm.