حَدا وما خفَّضَ في سُوقِهِ

واعتَسفَ المَجهَلَ حتَّى حُدِي

He did not lower his voice in the market

Nor temper the ignorant until I was limited

لَم تَبكِ لِلعادي سماءٌ ولا

أرضٌ فَيا خَيبَتَهُ إذ عُدِي

Neither sky nor earth wept for the enemy

So what a disappointment when he was aggressive

وذاكَ ناديهِ على رَغمِهِ

كأنَّه من وحشةٍ ما انتُدي

And that critic in spite of him

As if he has not been guided from desolation

وكلُّ يَعسُوبٍ غدا قدوةً

يودُّ يَوماً أنَّه ما اقتُدي

And every conceited person has become an example

He wishes one day he was not imitated

طُلّ كما طُلَّت دماءٌ بهِ

فَما وَداها وَهوَ ذا ما وُدي

Stay long as bloodshed stayed with him

He did not love it and here he was not loved

كالرَّبعِ لا يُصغي صَداهُ إلى

داعٍ ولا يُجدِي إذا ما اجتُدِي

Like uninhabited land where no one listens to its echo

To a caller, and is not useful when strived