وَفِتيانٍ إِذا ما بارَ حَمدٌ

رَأَيتَ لَهُ بِسوقِهِمُ نِفاقا

And youths, whenever Hamd praises them,

You see for them in their marketplace sincerity.

مَواهِبُهُم لِبَدرِ الظَنِّ تِمٌّ

إِذا ما اليَأسُ كانَ لَهُ مَحاقا

Their gifts for the full moon of good opinion are complete,

Whenever despair for it is a refuge.

إِذا ما جَنَّنَ الإِعدامَ عَيشي

وَعَوَّذَهُ نَوالَهُم أَفاقا

Whenever annihilation maddens my livelihood

And their bestowal protects it with horizons.