وَوَضيعٍ يُقاوِمُ الشَرَفاءَ

وَيُناوي المُلوكَ وَالكُبَراءَ

The base opposes the noble

And conspires against kings and dignitaries

ساحِلِيٌّ يُغدو بِهِ الهَجوُ أَرضاً

كُلَّما راحَ بِالهِجاءِ سَماءَ

My poetry is ground for their slander

Wherever they take their slander, it is the sky

ذَلَّ شِعري في عِرضِهِ بَعدَ عِزٍّ

فَكَأَنّي بِهِ هَجَوتُ الهِجاءَ

My poetry has been debased after glory

As if by it, I have slandered slander itself