1. أإسماعيلُ لو أصبحْتَ يوماً

    وأنت مُعاصِرٌ أبناءَ مُقْلَهْ

    O Ismail, if one day you were

    a contemporary of the sons of Muqla,

  2. وخَطَّتْ عندهُمْ يُمناكَ سَطْراً

    لغَضُّوا من حيائكَ كُلَّ مُقْلَه

    and your right hand penned a line before them,

    they would lower every eye in shame before you.