لَزِمْتُ قَنَاعتِي وَقعَدْتُ عَنْهُمْ

فلستُ أَرَى الوزيرَ ولا الأميرَا

I have embraced contentment and distanced myself from them,

So I no longer see the minister or the prince.

وكنتُ سميرَ أَشْعارِي سَفَاهاً

فَعُدْتُ لِفَلْسَفِيَّاتِي سميرَا

My poetry was once the idle talk of revelers,

Now to philosophy I have returned as a companion.