دَعَوتُ لإِحدى النائِباتِ مُحَمَّدا

فَأَعرض عَنّي جانِباً وَتجَرّما

I called upon Muhammad for one of the ladies

But he turned away from me, blaming and offended

وَرُبّ اِمرئ نادَيتُ عِند مُلِمَّة

فَأَلفَيتُهُ مِنها أَجَلَّ وَأَعظَما

And many a man I called upon in adversity

Yet I found him, because of it, greater and nobler