1. And a poet heavier than a migration
That untied, untied the knot of connection
١. وَشاعِرٍ أَثقَلُ مِن هِجرَةٍ
حَلَّت فَحَلَّت عُقدَةَ الوَصلِ
2. He measures my poems with his poems
And who measures the head with an axe
٢. يَقيسُ أَشعاري بِأَشعارِهِ
وَمَن يَقيسُ الرَأسَ بِالنَصلِ