لَقَدْ عابَ شِعْرِي في البَرِيَّةِ شاعِرٌ

لَقَدْ عابَ شِعْرِي في البَرِيَّةِ شاعِرٌ

ومَنْ عابَ أَشْعارِي فلابُدَّ أنْ يُهْجَا

ومَنْ عابَ أَشْعارِي فلابُدَّ أنْ يُهْجَا

A poet among mankind has found fault with my verse;

Indeed, a poet among humankind has faulted my poetry.

And whoever faults my poems must surely be lampooned.

And whoever faults my poems must be satirized.

وَشِعْرِي بَحْرٌ لا يُوَافِيهِ ضِفْدَعٌ

وَشِعْرِي بَحْرٌ لا يُوَافِيهِ ضِفْدَعٌ

وَلا يَقْطَعُ الرَّعّادُ يَوْماً لَهُ لُجَّاً

وَلا يَقْطَعُ الرَّعّادُ يَوْماً لَهُ لُجَّاً

My poetry is a sea no frog can ever reach,

And my poetry is a sea no frog can reach.

Nor does the frog ever traverse its deep waters.

Nor can the electric ray ever cross its deep waters.