فقل لوزير نَقدُهُ لكتابهِ

بأوراقِهِ وَزناً وعَدِّ سطُورِهِ

So tell the minister who criticizes his book

By its pages, lines, and count of prose

لعلَّ زماناً قد شكونا وزيرَه

يُعِيدُ علينا اليومَ مثلَ وزيرِهِ

Perhaps we once complained of the minister

But today he returns the same as his minister