مَديحِيَ مَن يُهجَى وَلَم يَكُ أَهلَه
فَذاكَ لَعينُ الهَجوِ فيهِ تَحَوَّلا
My praise of one who is satirized and was not worthy of it—
That has turned into the very essence of satire against him.
كَأَرضٍ بِها البطّيخُ لَو قَد زَرعته
يَصيرُ بِها البطّيخُ لا شَكّ حَنظَلا
Like soil where, if you planted watermelon,
The watermelon would surely turn into bitter colocynth.
Sol 6.1