مَيّاسُ قُل لي أَينَ أَنتَ مِنَ الوَرى

لا أَنتَ مَعلومٌ وَلا مَجهولُ

My scale, tell me where are you from among mankind

You are neither known nor unknown

لَو كُنتَ مَجهولاً جَعَلتُكَ مُعلَماً

أَو كُنتَ مَعلوماً لَغالَكَ غولُ

If you were unknown, I would have made you known

Or if you were known, ignorance would have overwhelmed you

أَمّا الهِجاءُ فَدَقَّ عرِضُكَ دونَهُ

وَالمَدحُ عَنكَ كَما عَلِمتَ جَليلُ

As for satire, it scratched your honor beneath it

And praise of you was, as you knew, plentiful

فَاِذهَب فَأَنتَ طَليقُ عِرضِكَ إِنَّهُ

عِرضٌ عَزَزتَ بِهِ وَأَنتَ ذَليلُ

So go, you are free in your honor, it

Is an honor you made mighty and you are weak