إذا المرء أرَّقني مدحه
وأغفل حقيَ أرَّقتُهُ
When a man’s praise keeps me awake,
yet he neglects what is due to me, I keep him awake
بشتم إذا بات يصلى به
توهَّم أنِّيَ حرَّقتُهُ
with abuse; when he spends the night scorched by it,
he imagines that I have burned him.
Sol 5.6