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You adorned yourself with poetry, supposedly

وحليت نفسك بالشعر زعما

1. You adorned yourself with poetry, supposedly
Exposing through it some of your wrongs.

١. وَحليت نَفسك بِالشعر زَعماً
كَشَفتَ بِهِ بَعض سوءاتِها

2. And you aimed verses from yourself the next day
That reveal the flaws in their fabric.

٢. وَوَجهت مِنكَ قَوافٍ غَدا
يَنم السُلاح بلباتها

3. You turned away with it from the right path
To the hidden depths of its structure.

٣. عَدَلتَ بِها عَن سواء الطَريق
إِلى خافياتِ بُنياتها

4. So tell me, by God, since you've said it -
Did you gag on some of its verses?

٤. فَقُل لي بِاللَهِ إِذ قُلتَها
خَرئت عَلى بَعض أَبياتِها