جَرَتْ مِن َبَعدِ سَاداتي أُمُورٌ

غَدَتْ عَجَباً تُسَطَّرُ في الأَنامِ

After my masters have passed away, things

Have become wondrous, to be written among people.

فَما غَلَتِ البَطالةُ لي لأَنّي

عَرَفْتُ بها الكِرامَ مِن اللِّئَامِ

Yet idleness has not tempted me, for through it

I’ve known the noble from the vile.