1. A fool claims to compose poetry, yet doesn't know
That his pretense at verse disturbs me so.
١. وَجاهل يدّعي نظم القَريض وَلا
يَدري بِأَنّ اِدِّعاء النَظم يُقلقني
2. Sloppy poet, have done! 'Tis enough you trouble me.
Such drivel could near split my head in two!
٢. يا شاعِراً مُفلقاً مَهلاً فَحسبك بي
مَضَرّةً كادَ هَذا الشعر يَفلقني