1. O you who wanders lost without fulfilling your tryst
Taste the estrangement of a poet you did not appease
١. يا من يتيهُ بموعدٍ لم يقضِهِ
ذُقْ غِبَّ صولةِ شاعرٍ لمْ تُرضِهِ
2. The arrows of poetry aimed at his wealth
But struck, instead of his wealth, his honor
٢. قصدت سهامُ الشعر غُرَّةَ مالِهِ
فأصَبْنَ دون المال غُرةَ عِرضِهِ
3. No day or night has passed over him
Without some part of him conflicting with another
٣. ما مر من يوم عليه وليلةٍ
إلا وبعضُ غلامه في بعضِهِ