سَلِ الفضلَ أهلَ الفَضلِ قِدماً ولا تَسَل

غُلاماً نَشا في الفقر ثم تَمَوَّلا

Ask for favors from the noble

Do not ask from a boy who grew up poor then became wealthy

فلو مَلَك الدُّنيا جميعا بأسرِها

تُذكِّرُه الأيامُ ما كانَ أوَّلا

For if he owned the whole world and all its treasures

The days would remind him of what he was before