رأيتك شبَّهْتَ الضمير وحفظَهُ

حَسائكَهُ بالحوض في حفظه الشَّربا

I saw you resembling conscience and its preservation

Its perceptions in the basin preserving drinking

وقرَّضتَ منه أن يصادَف حِفْظُهُ

كحفظ حياض المورد الملحَ والعذبا

And you borrowed from it that its preservation would coincide

With the preservation of mouth basins, salty and sweet

ألا كان كالغربال يَنْفِي زُؤانَهُ

وما كان من قَصْرٍ ويحتبسُ الحَبَّا

If only it was like a sieve that strains its bran

And did not withhold any shortcomings or loved ones

ألا كان مثل القِدْرِ تنفي غُثاءها

وتَقْنَى عُرَاقَ اللحمِ والمرقَ العذبا

If only it was like a pot that strains its scum

And purifies the broth of meat and sweet gravy