يا سائلي بالضعيف خُذْ خبراً

قوّاهُ أنّي بأمرِه خابِرْ

O you who ask about the weak one, listen,

Make him stronger, I am well aware of his situation,

إن كنتَ في شعرِه تشكّ فقد

أثْبتّ دعواهُ أنه شاعِرْ

If you doubt his poetry, know

That he has proven he is a poet,

يُريك وهو البسيطُ دائرةً

يُنقَلُ منها الطويلُ والوافِرْ

He shows you, in the Basit meter, a circle

From which the Tawil and the Wafir are derived.