لا تَفخَرَنَّ بِلِحيَةٍ

كَثُرَت مَنابِتُها طَويلَة

Do not boast of a beard

Whose thick growth is lengthy

تَهوي بِها هُوَجُ الرِيا

حِ كَأَنَّها ذَنَبُ الحَسيلَة

By it pretensions are blown

As if it were a tail of misery

قَد يُدرِكُ الشَرَفَ الفَتى

يَوماً وَلِحيَتُهُ قَليلَة

The young man may attain glory

One day though his beard be scanty