1. A pretentious writer whose ways are corrupt,
Though proud of his work, to good manners abrupt;
١. وَمُستَطيلٍ مِن بَني الكُتّابِ
قَد ضَلَّ عَن مَسالِكِ الآدابِ
2. More bothersome he than a fly in one's soup,
This pest of a man with his self-granted troupe.
٢. وَهوَ عَلى ما فيهِ مِن إِعجابِ
أَشَدُّ تَطفيلاً مِنَ الذُبابِ