وَفِتيانٍ بَنَوا لَهُمُ فَخاراً

بَعيدَ السَمكِ في خِطَطِ المَعالي

And youths built for themselves lofty ambitions

Far-reaching, in the path of great deeds

فَصادوا الحَمدَ مِن سِربِ القَوافي

بِما نَصَبوهُ مِن شَرَكِ النَوالِ

So they reaped praise from the flock of meters

Through what they set up of the pole of aspiration

إِذا ما المَرءُ صارَ بِهِم خَليطاً

تَفَكَّهَ في الجَميلِ وَفي الجَمالِ

When a person mixes with them

He finds amusement in beauty and grace