1. He repaid my poetry with poetry,
And recompensed the impossible for the impossible,
١. وَجَازاني على شِعْرٍ بِشِعْرٍ
وَعَوَّضَني المُحَالَ عَنِ المُحالِ
2. I do not blame him for what has come to him,
For it was his ancient custom, to exchange.
٢. وَلَستُ أَلومُهُ فِيما أَتاهُ
لِعَادَتهِ قَدِيماً بِالبِدالِ