يا طالبَ المعروفِ دُوْنَكَ فاترُكَنْ

دارَ المَرِيَّةِ وارفُضِ ابنَ صُمادِحِ

O seeker of favors, leave behind you

The abode of doubt and spurn the flattering son of Sumadh

رَجُلٌ إذا أَعْطَاكَ حَبَّةَ خَرْدَلٍ

أَلْقَاكَ في قَيْدِ الأسِيرِ الطَّائِحِ

A man who, if he gave you a mustard seed

Would put you in shackles like a fleeing captive

لو قد مَضَى لكَ عُمْرُ نُوْحٍ عِنْدَهُ

لا فَرْقَ بينكَ والبعيدِ النَّازِحِ

If the lifetime of Noah had passed for you with him

He would make no distinction between you and a distant emigrant