من ذا رأى الدهرَ طفلاً فوق منبرِهِ

محاوراً قالتِ الأشياخُ لي قَطُّ

Who has seen Time as a child standing atop his pulpit

Disputing, the elders told me never

سَقياً له هيكلاً قد حاز مبدؤُه

مناظراً وحوى عُقباهُ من يسطو

Watering for him a temple whose origin he grasped

Gazing, yet its consequences eluded his reach

لكن شتان بين العبد في شرفٍ

وبين سيده والحقُّ لا يخطو

But vast is the difference between a slave with honor

And his master, and truth cannot err

ربٌّ بدا بين خلقٍ في ذَرا جسدٍ

من فوق منبر عفوٍ فاختفى السخط

A Lord appeared amidst people in a fleeting body

Above a pulpit of pardon, so wrath vanished

حوى سليمان منه حمةً كمُلت

وفاز بالعلم من جدواه آرسطو

Solomon gained from Him an inspiration fulfilled

And Aristotle attained knowledge from His sagacity