1. They say what they do not do, accusing
The poets of being accursed by God for it.
١. يقولون ما لا يفعلون مسبّةً
من الله مسبوبٌ بها الشعراءُ
2. Yet that is not only found among them - no, it is more
Common still that rulers say what they do not do.
٢. وما ذاكَ فيهم وحدَه بل زيادةٌ
يقولون ما لا يفعلُ الأمراءُ