وَيَغتابُني مَن لَو كَفانِيَ غَيبَهُ

لَكُنتُ لَهُ العَينَ البَصيرَةَ وَالأُذنا

He blames me, he whose absence would suffice me

Had I been for him the seeing eye and ear

وَعِندي مِنَ الأَخبارِ مالَو ذَكَرتُهُ

إِذاً قَرَعَ المُغتابُ مِن نَدَمٍ سِنّا

And I have news which, were I to reveal it

Then the blamer would strike his teeth in regret