ولما بدا للعين ميزانُ شعركم

وأعجبها إذا ما رأت فيه من شين

When the scale of your poetry appeared to my eyes

And pleased them whenever they saw therein any defect

سألت فؤادي هل ترى خللا به

فقال لي الميزانُ يظهرُ بالعين

I asked my heart: "Do you see any fault with it?"

It said to me: "The scale appears through the eyes."