فَتىً عُزِلَت عَنهُ الفَواحِشُ كُلُّها

فَلَم تَختَلِط مِنهُ بِلَحمٍ وَلا دَمِ

A youth from whom all vice is estranged

No flesh or blood in him intermingled

كَأَنَّ زُرورَ القُبطُرِيَّةِ عُلِّقَت

عَلائِقُها مِنهُ بِجِذعٍ مُقَوَّمِ

As if bangles of Kibt were suspended

From his straight and slender wrists

عَمَلَّسُ أَسفارٍ إِذا ما إِستَقبَلَت لَهُ

سَمومٌ كَحَرِّ النارِ لَم يَتَلَثَّمِ

A parchment of travels when met

With flames hot as fire unflustered

إِذا ما رَمى أَصحابَهُ بِجَبينِهِ

سُرى لَيلَةِ الظَلماءِ لَم يَتَهَكَّمِ

When his friends strike his brow in the dark night

He smiles not with jest or bitter humor

كَأَنَّ قُرادَي زَورِهِ طَبَعَتهُما

بِطينٍ مِنَ الجَولانِ كُتّابُ أَعجَمِ

As if bracelets of his arms had sealed them

With clay from Golan, mute and obscure

إِذا شِئتَ أَن تَلقى فَتى النَأسِ وَالنَدى

وَذا الحَسَبِ الزاكي التَليدِ المُقَدَّمِ

If you wish to meet the ideal man, genteel and noble

Of pure lineage and precedent, time-honored

فَكُن عُمَراً تَأتي وَلا تَعدُوَنَّهُ

إِلى غَيرِهِ وَإِستَخبِرِ الناسَ وَإِفهَمِ

Be Omar, whom none can transcend

To any other, ask people and understand