تملك فكره رق المعاني

فما اضحى يراع له يراعُ

You possess a spirit of delicate meaning

So it is no longer fitting for one to be wary of it

وليس للفظه في نظم مغنى

يحاوله امتنانٌ وامتناع

And its words in prose have no charm

That gratitude or refusal might attempt