1. They ask me why I cheapened my poetry among the people,
So I said to them, since the virtuous died out,
١. يَقولونَ لِمَ أَرخَصتَ شِعرَكَ في الوَرى
فَقُلتُ لَهُم إِذ ماتَ أَهلُ المَكارِمِ
2. I will reward poetry with barley, even though it is
Plentiful when I extract it from beasts.
٢. أُجازى عَلى الشِعرِ الشَعيرَ وَإِنَّهُ
كَثيرٌ إِذا اِستَخلَصتُهُ مِن بَهائِمِ