وَما ضَرَّهُم غِبَّ الأَحاديثِ أَنَّها

سَتَبقى وَأَيَّامُ الحَياةِ قَلائِلُ

It harms them not that talk is brief, for life

Will still go on, though days remaining few.

فَلَولا اتِّقائِي واِرتِقائي عَنِ الخَنى

لَقُلتُ وَلَكِنَّ الكَريمَ يُجامِلُ

Were't not for nobleness and self-respect,

I would have spoken - but the noble feigns.