مِن كُلِّ مُتَّسِعِ الأَخلاقِ مُبتَسِم

لِلخَطبِ إِن ضاقَت الأَخلاقُ وَالحيلُ

With the broadest of good manners he smiles

In the face of adversity, when good manners and stratagems fail

يَسعى بِهِ البَرقُ إِلا أَنَّهُ فَرَسٌ

في صورَةِ المَوتِ إِلا أَنَّهُ رَجُلُ

The lightning pursues him, though he is but a horse

In the guise of death, though he is but a man

يَلقى الرِماحَ بِصَدرٍ مِنهُ لَيسَ لَهُ

ظَهرٌ وَهادي جَوادٍ مالَهُ كَفَلُ

He encounters spears with a chest that has no

Backing, and leads a steed though it has no shoulders