إِلى غَيرِ الأَنامِ يُحتَبَلُ الفَتى

وَإِن كانَ شَهماً في العَشيرَةِ أَروَعا

The young man aspires beyond others’ gaze—

Though of noble stock, still nobler yearns to raise.

وَكُلُّ جَديدٍ سَوفَ يَخلُقُ حُسنهُ

وَما لَم يُوَدَّع مِثلَ ما كانَ وَدَّعا

All things novel forge their beauty by degrees;

Farewells once said, like things now left, the most heart weighs.