لوْلا الحَياءُ من ابْنِ نصْرٍ لم أُجِزْ

منْعَ النّوالِ الغَمْرِ عن قُصّادِهِ

Were it not for my shyness before Ibn Nasr, I would not have withheld

The pouring rain from its rain-makers,

فكأنّني فَمُ صامِتٍ عن نطْقِهِ

أو جَفْنُ عَيْنٍ هائِمٌ برُقادِهِ

So it is as if I am a silent mouth from its speech

Or an eyelid dozing during its slumber