يا لائمي إنْ لم تكن عينُنا

ذواتهم يا لائمي كن همُ

O you who blame me, if our eyes

Were not themselves, O you who blame me, then be sad

ما كلُّ من حرَّر أنفاسَه

لكلِّ ما جئتَ به يلهم

Not everyone who freed his breath

Is inspired by everything you brought

إنَّ الفتى الناصحَ هذا الذي

يوضح ما قال ولا يُبهم

Indeed, this young man who gives advice

Clarifies what he said and does not equivocate

إنَّ الذي جاءهم نصحاً

مبلغاً ومشفقاً إنْ همُ

Indeed, those who came to them with advice

Conveying and caring, if they were sad

كانوا لما قد سمعوا أهله

وعندنا السامعُ من يفهم

They would, for what they had heard, be its people

And in our presence the listener understands

ألزمته الهاء إلى ميمها

وحكم ذا في الشِّعر لا يلزم

I devoted it to the letter 'haa' to its 'meem'

And this rule in poetry does not necessarily apply