يا سائلي عن رتبة الحليّ في

نظم القريض وراضياً بيَ أحكم

O you who ask about the rank of necklaces in

the structure of poetry, and you are pleased with me as an expert,

للشعر حلبان وذلك راجح

ولّى الزمان به وهذا قيم

Poetry has two pressing stones, and that is preferable,

time has turned away from it, yet it remains steadfast.