يا من يتيهُ بموعدٍ لم يقضِهِ

ذُقْ غِبَّ صولةِ شاعرٍ لمْ تُرضِهِ

O you who wanders lost without fulfilling your tryst

Taste the estrangement of a poet you did not appease

قصدت سهامُ الشعر غُرَّةَ مالِهِ

فأصَبْنَ دون المال غُرةَ عِرضِهِ

The arrows of poetry aimed at his wealth

But struck, instead of his wealth, his honor

ما مر من يوم عليه وليلةٍ

إلا وبعضُ غلامه في بعضِهِ

No day or night has passed over him

Without some part of him conflicting with another