رُبَّ ذنبٍ ينمِي على العُذرِ حَتَّى

يُبصِرُ الاحتياج عنه يشينُه

How many a sin grows by excuses

Until necessity makes it ugly in the eyes

كمقال الجرئِ يَزدَادُ قُبحاً

كُلَّما ازدادَ مُنهمُ تَحسينُه

Like the saying of the insolent which grows more ugly

The more they try to make it pleasing

جملةُ القولِ أن مثلَك لا

يمكنُ في مثلِ دهرِنا تكويُنه

The sum of the matter is that one like you

Cannot exist in a time like ours