ﻗَﺎﻟُﻮﺍ ﻧَﺮَﻯ ﻧَﻘَﺮًﺍ ﻋِﻨْﺪَ ﺍﻟْﻤُﻠُﻮﻙِ ﺳَﻤَﻮْﺍ
ﻭَﻣَﺎ ﻟَﻬُﻢْ ﻫِﻤَّﺔٌ ﺗَﺴْﻤُﻮﺍ ﻭَﻻ ﻭَﺭَﻉُ

ﻭَﺃَﻧْﺖَ ﺫُﻭ ﻫِﻤَّﺔٍ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟْﻔَﻀْﻞِ ﻋَﺎﻟِﻴَﺔٍ
ﻓَﻠَﻢْ ﻇَﻤِﺌْﺖَ ﻭَﻫُﻢَ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟْﺠَﺎﻩِ ﻗَﺪْ ﻛَﺮَﻋُﻮﺍ

ﻓَﻘُﻠْﺖُ ﺑَﺎﻋُﻮﺍ ﻧُﻔُﻮﺳًﺎ ﻭَﺍﺷْﺘَﺮﻭﺍ ﺛَﻤَﻨًﺎ
ﻭَﺻُﻨْﺖُ ﻧَﻔْﺴِﻲ ﻓَﻠَﻢْ ﺃَﺧْﻀَﻊْ ﻛَﻤَﺎ ﺧَﻀَﻌُﻮﺍ

ﻗَﺪْ ﻳُﻜْﺮَﻡُ ﺍﻟْﻘِﺮْﺩُ ﺇِﻋْﺠَﺎﺑًﺎ ﺑِﺨِﺴَّﺘِﻪِ
ﻭَﻗَﺪْ ﻳُﻬَﺎﻥُ ﻟِﻔَﺮْﻁِ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺨْﻮَﺓِ ﺍﻟﺴَّﺒُﻊ