لَم تَمل بي عَن العفاف العقارُ

أَعشَق الغيد وَالوَقار وَقارُ

The prudence did not weary me of chastity,

I love dignity and composure.

أَنظُم الشعر ما حييت وَأَني

لابن بَيت تَهدى لَهُ الأَشعارُ

I compose poetry as long as I live,

For the son of a house to whom poems are gifted.

يَتَحلى بِيَ الزَمان تَحلى الغُص

نِ لَما يَزينهُ النوّارُ

The times adorn themselves with me, like bracelets adorn a wrist,

For I have polished them with the gleam of lamps.

صَقَلتَني يَد التَجارُب حَتّى

صَحَ عَزمي وَطابَ مِنهُ الغرارُ

The experiences have honed me, until

My determination became sound and the pride wholesome.

وَمَكاني مِن الفَخار مَكان

حَسدتهُ الشُموس وَالأَقمارُ

And my position among the pottery is a position,

Envied by suns and moons.