رُزِقتُ جوداً وَلَم أُرزَق مُروءَتَهُ

وَما المُروءَةُ إِلّا كَثرَةُ المالِ

I was granted generosity though not granted its nobility

For nobility is naught but ample wealth

إِذا أَرَدتُ مُساماةً تُقاعِدني

عَمّا يُنَوِّهُ بِاِسمي رِقَّةُ الحالِ

If I sought high-mindedness, straitened means deterred me

From whatever would extol my name, my condition too frail