من لم يؤدبه والداه

أدبه الليل والنهارُ

He whom his parents did not discipline

Was disciplined by day and night

كم قد أذلا كريمَ قومٍ

ليس له منهما انتصار

How many a noble soul of a people

With no help from them is degraded

من ذا يد الدهر لم تنلهُ

أو اطمأنت به الديارُ

Who is there whom time's hand did not touch

Or with whom the world was not tranquil

كل عن الحادثات مغضٍ

وعنده للزمان ثارُ

All are angered at vicissitudes

And for them time's vengeance endures