دبي إِلى حَرمٍ ما كانَ أَحمَقَهُ

إِذ لَم يَقُل إِنَّني مِن سادَةِ العَرَبِ

To Mecca the stupid man came not knowing

That I am of Arabic nobility

أَكانَ أَعجَزُ مِن قَومٍ رَأَيتُهُمُ

تَسَوَّروا بَعدَ ما شابوا عَلى الحَسَبِ

Was he more helpless than a people I saw

Who boasted of pedigree in their old age