1. When the scale of your poetry appeared to my eyes
And pleased them whenever they saw therein any defect
١. ولما بدا للعين ميزانُ شعركم
وأعجبها إذا ما رأت فيه من شين
2. I asked my heart: "Do you see any fault with it?"
It said to me: "The scale appears through the eyes."
٢. سألت فؤادي هل ترى خللا به
فقال لي الميزانُ يظهرُ بالعين