حازمٌ يسلسُ من بعد الشماسِ

كلُّ أمرٍ راضَه صعب المراس

The cautious one shines after the torchbearer

Every matter that pleases him is hard to accomplish

ذو ذَكاءٍ لو ذكاءٌ رامَهُ

لدعاهُ عجزُه عُد بأَياس

With intelligence, if intelligence aims for him

His inability would call him, come back hopeless

قتلَ الأيامَ خُبراً وله

قبسُ التجريب أسنى الاقتباس

He killed the days expertly, and for him

The light of experience is the finest source

لو سيوفاً طُبعت آراؤه

لبرت ما أدركت حتَّى الرواسي

If his opinions were forged into swords

They would cut through all they reached, even the foundations