يُحْتاجُ فِي الشِّعْرِ إلى طَلاوَهْ

يُحْتاجُ فِي الشِّعْرِ إلى طَلاوَهْ

وَالشِّعْرُ ما لَمْ يَكُ ذا حَلاوَهْ

وَالشِّعْرُ ما لَمْ يَكُ ذا حَلاوَهْ

In poetry, charm is needed;

Poetry needs a sweetness

and if poetry has no sweetness,

And poetry without sweetness

فإِنّما سَماعُهُ شَقاوَهْ

فإِنّما سَماعُهُ شَقاوَهْ

then hearing it is nothing but misery.

Makes for miserable listening