مسامِعُهمْ صُمٌّ إذا سُئِلوا النَّدا

وأَلسُنُهمْ عن مَنطقِ الخَيرِ صُمَّتُ

Their ears are deaf when asked to lend

Their tongues from speaking good are bent

وأَيديهمْ جَفَّتْ وإنَّ تَعجّبي

لأَظفارها مَعْ لُبسِها كيفَ تَنبُتُ

Their hands are dry although my wonder

Is how their nails still grow thereunder