1. أصافحه من غير غلٍّ و أنثني

    و ما همني إن كان يحمل لي غلا

    I shake his hand without rancor and turn away,

    And I do not care if he harbors rancor toward me.

  2. إذا أنت جاريتَ امرءا في ملامةٍ

    فلِمْ خلق الله التسامح و الفضلا؟

    If you match a man in reproach,

    Then why did God create tolerance and virtue?

  3. ***

    فيكَ يا نتُّ طال ذبحُ الشعرِ

    ***

    Within you, O Net, the slaughter of poetry has dragged on.

  4. أترى تدري ذاك أم لا تدري؟

    قد خلا الجو للسماجة حتى

    Do you, I wonder, know that, or do you not know?

    Tastelessness has had the field to itself, until

  5. لم يعد فرق بين شعر و نثْرِ

    ***

    There is no longer any difference between poetry and prose.

    ***

  6. أيها الساكت عما ساءه

    ذاك صبر منك أم خان بيانُ؟

    O you who keep silent about what has hurt you,

    Is that patience on your part, or has eloquence betrayed you?

  7. يطرق المسمار غصبا حين لم

    ينتفض ضد الأذى منه لسانُ

    The nail is hammered by force when no

    Tongue of its own rises up against harm.