1. يا مَن تَهَيَّأَ لاِعتِلاءِ المَنصِبِ

    وَأَرادَ بِالشُّورَى طَريقَ المَكسِبِ

    O you who have readied yourself to rise to office,

    And sought through the council a path to profit,

  2. لا تَطمَعَن فيها فَلَستَ بِأَهلِها

    لا تَصلُحُ الشُّورَى لِعَقلِ مُؤَدِّبِ

    Do not covet it, for you are not worthy of it;

    The council is not suited to a tutor's mind.

  3. هَيَّأتَ قَبلَ العِلمِ مَطلَبَةً لَها

    فَحُرِمتَها أَتُراكَ لَم تَتَهَذَّبِ

    You prepared a petition for it before acquiring knowledge,

    So you were denied it—are you, I wonder, still unrefined?