بَعض الرِجال يَعد الوَهم عارفة

في جود مَن هُوَ بِالإِحسان مُتَهَم

Some men consider fantasy a mistress;

In generosity, he of beneficence stands accused.

وَفي الرِجال حصور العَقل ذوهم

آذانُهُ بِالأَماني لَيسَ تَحتلم

Yet in men, the mind's limits are assumed;

Their ears by desires - not dreams - seem possessed.