أقبلَ عند القوم يسألني

من أيّ أرضَيك نلت إيثارا

He came asking amidst the people,

"From which of your lands did you get nobility?"

قلت من النيك ما رأى بصري

خيراً ولكن رأيت منقارا

I said, "From the good that my eyes have seen,

But I have also seen a vulture's beak."