يذمُّ الزمانَ وليس الزما

نُ بأعراقَ في اللؤم من أهله

He blames the time, yet time is not to blame

The fault lies with the people, full of vice and shame

أروني وان كان لا يستطا

ع كريماً نميل إلى ظلهِ

Show me one man of honor, though he's hard to find

I would incline towards him, into his shade recline