وَمَا ضَرَّهُ شَنٌّ صَغِيرٌ وَقَد سَرَى

إلى بَابِهِ مِن كُلِّ قَطْرٍ كَبيرُهُ

No harm in petty slander if to his abode

Ride, from each clime, the grandsires of its tribes;

علَى صَهَواتِ الخَيْلِ مَرْبَاهُ مُذْنَشَا

إذا رَبَّ طِفلاً مَهدُهُ وَسَرِيرُهُ

His steeds are currycombed while the children's bed

And couch bear all the weight of him they cherish.