1. The watchful critic of the beloved is a calamity,
And of calamities there are those that burden and those that lighten.
١. خُلق الرقيب على الحبيب بليّة
ومن البلاء مثقّل ومخفّف
2. If the One who ordained the heavens willed with His power,
He would not leave for critics an eye that blinks.
٢. لو شاء من سمك السماء بقُدرة
لم يُبق للرقباء عيناً تطرف