ذو قَلمٍ عَزَّ جانباهُ

فذا نَعيمٌ وذا بَوارُ

The one with the glorious pen keeps aloof,

The intellectual is armed to the teeth,

مُثقَّفٍ كلُّهُ سِنانٌ

ومُنصُلٍ كلُّهُ غِرارُ

The unarmed is defenseless throughout.

From him pours into the shield an ocean,

يَفيضُ في الطِّرْسِ منه بَحرٌ

يَمُدُّهُ السَّبعَةُ البِحارُ

Supplied by the Seven Seas without drought.