كَفاهُ فضْلاً أنِ امْتاحَتْ مَعارِفُهُ

منْ هائِلِ اليَمِّ لا يُدْرى بمِقْياسِ

It suffices him as merit that his knowledge encompasses

The immense, boundless ocean, a measure beyond knowing,

بحْرُ العُلومِ الذي منْ دونِهِ وكفَتْ

خُلْجانُ عِلْمٍ وما في الحقِّ منْ باسِ

The sea of sciences, next to which the swelling

Tides of knowledge are trifling, worthless in truth.

إذا الجَوارِحُ في حُسْنِ وفي حرَكٍ

صحّتْ أفاعيلُها فالفَضْلُ للرّاسِ

When the faculties, in their beauty and motion

Perform their functions well, the credit's the head's.

وإنْ تُنوزِعَتِ العَلْياءُ وادُّعِيَتْ

لمالِكٍ مِلْكُها منْ غيْرِ إلْباسِ

If the noblest are challenged, their rule claimed

By another, the kingdom's still the rightful king's.

وكُلّهُمْ شُهُبٌ للدّينِ هادِيَةٌ

فَلا تكُنْ لحُقوقِ النّاسِ بالنّاسِ

And all of them are comets guiding to the faith,

So wrong not people's rights, entitled people.