1. My poetry complained to me and said you satirize
One like me, O vile dog!
١. شَكا شِعري إِلَيَّ وَقالَ تَهجو
بِمِثلي عرضَ ذا الكَلبِ اللَئيمِ
2. So I said to it, "Have patience, for many a star
Has fallen while following a damned devil."
٢. فَقُلتُ لَهُ تَسَلَّ فَرُبَّ نَجمٍ
هَوى في إِثرِ شَيطانٍ رَجيمِ