تجنب إذا عاديت من كان شاعراً

تجنب إذا عاديت من كان شاعراً

فإن كلام الشعرِ شرُّ كلومِ

فإن كلام الشعرِ شرُّ كلومِ

When making enemies, avoid anyone who is a poet,

Avoid if you oppose one who is a poet,

for poetry’s words are the worst of wounds.

For the words of poetry are the worst of insults,

وكم لبني الآداب إن حاولوا الهجا

وكم لبني الآداب إن حاولوا الهجا

مسارحُ لومٍ في مسارِ حلومِ

مسارحُ لومٍ في مسارِ حلومِ

And for men of letters, if they attempt satire, how many

And how many cultivated people when they attempt censure

pastures of blame there are along the course of reason!

Are theaters of blame in a course of sweetness.