وذِكرُكَ في الشعرِ مثلُ السنا

وذِكرُكَ في الشعرِ مثلُ السنا

دِ والخرمِ والخزم أو كالمحالِ

دِ والخرمِ والخزم أو كالمحالِ

And mentioning you in verse is like rhyme inconsistency,

Your mention in poetry is like the toothpick, the date, and the raisin

and initial metrical truncation and additions—or like absurdity—

Or like bolstering poetry, empowering it

وإيطاءِ شعرٍ وإكفائهِ

وإيطاءِ شعرٍ وإكفائهِ

وإقوائهِ دون ذِكرِ الرُّذالِ

وإقوائهِ دون ذِكرِ الرُّذالِ

and repeated rhyme-words in verse and its mismatched rhyme-consonants,

Without mentioning vulgarity

and its mismatched rhyme-vowels—less grave than mentioning the vile.

There is no fault in poetry with a fault of its own

وما عِيبَ شعرٌ بعيبٍ له

وما عِيبَ شعرٌ بعيبٍ له

كأن يُبتَلى برجال السّفالِ

كأن يُبتَلى برجال السّفالِ

And no verse has been faulted for a flaw of its own

As if it is afflicted by vulgar men

like being afflicted with men of baseness.

Invective is made available to the satirist

يُتاحُ الهجاءُ لهاجي الهِجا

يُتاحُ الهجاءُ لهاجي الهِجا

ء داءٌ عُضال لداءٍ عُضالِ

ء داءٌ عُضال لداءٍ عُضالِ

Satire is allotted to the composer of satire:

An intractable disease for an intractable disease

an incurable disease for an incurable disease.