يا لائمي إنْ لم تكن عينُنا

ذواتهم يا لائمي كن همُ

O you who blame me, if our eyes

Have not themselves, O you who blame me, become anxious,

ما كلُّ من حرَّر أنفاسَه

لكلِّ ما جئتَ به يلهم

Not everyone who freed his breath

Is inspired by everything you have 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 obscure,

إنَّ الذي جاءهم نصحاً

مبلغاً ومشفقاً إنْ همُ

Indeed he who came to them with advice,

Informing and caring - if they

كانوا لما قد سمعوا أهله

وعندنا السامعُ من يفهم

Had been fit to hear what they heard,

And with us the listener is one who understands,

ألزمته الهاء إلى ميمها

وحكم ذا في الشِّعر لا يلزم

I have matched it from “h” to “m”,

And this judgment in poetry does not necessarily follow.