أُمورُ سُكّانِ هَذي الأَرضِ كُلِّهِمُ

كَلَفظِهِم فيهِ مَنظومٌ وَمَنثورُ

The affairs of all the inhabitants of this land

Are like their speech, some rhymed and some prose

يُلقي المُهَنَّدَ مَأثوراً أَخو كَرَمٍ

وَلا يَشيعُ قَبيحٌ عَنهُ مَأثورُ

The refined person presents refined speech

While the unrefined has nothing refined told of him