قُل لِاِبنِ حَربٍ مَقالَةَ العاتِب

وَلَستُ فيما أَقولُ بِالكاذِب

Say to Ibn Harb the words of the reproacher

And I am not among those who lie in what I say

أَما رَأَيتَ الرَفّاءَ يُحزِنُني

بِرَفوِهِ طَيلَسانَكَ الذاهِب

Have you not seen the heights saddening me

With its towering that is going away

أَفناهُ جَورُ البِلى عَلَيهِ كَما

أَفنى الهَوى عُمرَ خالِدِ الكاتِب

Ruined on it the injustice of affliction as

Love ruined the life of Khalid the writer