المتنبّي وقال في صباه ارتجالا Al Mutanabbi verses recited in his youth

أَىَّ مَحَلٍّ أَرْتَقِى أىّ عَظيمٍ أَتَّقِى
وَكُلُّ ما قدْ خَلَقَ اللهُ وما لم يَخْلُقِ
مُحْتَقَرٌ في هِمَّتى كَشَعْرَةٍ في مَفْرِقِى

To what station shall I ascend?
What severity shall I safeguard myself against?
For everything that God has created and that he has not created
is as contemptible in my high aiming ambition
as a single hair upon the crown of my head!

translated into English by Mark F Westergreen