فانّي وَمَدحَكَ غَيرَ المُصي

بِ كالكَلبِ يَنبَحُ ضَوءَ القَمَر

For I, in praising you, am no flatterer

Like a dog barking at the moon's glow

مَدَحتُكَ أَرجو لَدَيكَ الثَوابَ

فَكُنتُ كَعاصِرِ جَنبِ الحَجَر

In praising you I hope for reward from you

Thus was I like one milking a barren goat