لعَمرِيَ لا أَنسى أَيادِيَ أَصبَحَت

عَلَيَّ وَلا الفَضلَ الَّذي أَنا شاكِرُه

By my life! I shall not forget the hands

That have favored me, nor the grace for which I am grateful,

دَعاني أَبو الأَشبالِ لَمّا تَقاذَفَت

بِمُطَّرَحِ الأَرجاءِ ما أَنا حاذِرُه

The father of cubs called me when

Dangers were striking from all quarters, which I feared,

فَأَنقَذَني مِنها وَقَد خِفتُ أَن أَرى

رَهينَةَ أَمرٍ ما تُرامُ تَراتِرُه

And he saved me from them though I dreaded

To become captive to a fate beyond remedy,

وَلَستُ بِناسٍ مِنهُ نُعماهُ إِذ جَلَت

عَشا بَصَرٍ ما كانَ يُسفِرُ حائِرُه

And I am not of those whose favors are lost

When the vision of an owl cannot see what makes it wander.