وَأَعجَبَني أَحسابُكُم إِذ رَأَيتُكُم

وَمِثلَ أَشاءِ النَخلِ مِن جامِلِ دَثرِ

I was charmed by your company when I saw you

Like the date-bearing palms in their leafy shawls

وَغابٌ مِنَ الخَطِيِّ وَسطَ بُيوتِكُم

كَأَنَّ عَلَيهِ م الأَسِنَّةِ كَالجَمرِ

A shaded alley midst your homes, like embers

Speckled on it; yet I do not praise you undeserved

فَلَستُ بِهاجيكُم وَلَكِن جارَكُم

فَقيرٌ إِلى مَسعاتِكُم أيّما فَقرِ

But seek, being your neighbour, gentleness

From you, however difficult my circumstance