أهل المناصب فِي الدنيا ورفعتها

أهل الفضائل مرذولون بينهمُ

The people of high office and its elevations

While the people of virtues are scorned among them

قَدْ أنزلونا لأنا غير جنسهم

منازل الوحش فِي الإهمال عندهمُ

They have lowered us because we are not of their kind

To the status of beasts in negligence according to them

فما لهم فِي توقي ضيرنا نظر

وَمَا لهم فِي ترقي قدرنا هممُ

So why should they care to stop our misery

And why should they strive to raise our status

فليتنا لَوْ قدرنا أن نعرِّفَهُمْ

مقدارهم عندنا أَوْ لَوْ دَروه هُمُ

If only we could make them know

Our estimation of them, or if only they knew

لهم مريحان من جهل وفرط غنىً

وعندنا المتْعِبان العِلْمُ والعدَمُ

They have comfort from ignorance and excessive wealth

While we have hardship, knowledge, and poverty