قَبَّحَ اللهُ هِمَّةً تَتَسامَى

عَنْ كِبارِ الأَقْدارِ دُونَ الصِّغارِ

May God make hideous a beard that holds itself above

those of high rank, though not the lowly.

هِيَ أَهلٌ لما عَرَاها مِنَ ال

ذُّلِّ وما مَسّها من الاِحْتِقارِ

It deserves what befell it of humil—

iation, and the contempt that touched it.