الْكَاتِبُ النِّحْرِيرُ مُنْ

فِي صَدْرِهِ الْعِلْمُ الرَّغِيبْ

The eloquent writer has

Knowledge that appeals in his heart

مَاذَا الرِّشَاءُ وَمَا الدِّلاَءُ

وَدُونَهَا نَضْبُ الْقَلِيبْ

What is bribery and what is mediation

And beneath it, drying of the mind