أَعْدَى عَلَيَّ الشِّعْرُ كُلَّ سَفِيهٍ

فَتَرَكْتُهُ إِذَّاكَ زُهْداً فِيهِ

Poetry of every foolish one has transgressed against me

Poetry has incited every fool against me,

So I abandoned it then, with disinterest in it

So I abandoned it then, in pure renunciation.

أَسْتَغْفِرُ الرَّحْمَانَ مِمَّا صُغْتُهُ

مِنْ حِلْيَهِ الأَسْنَى لِغَيْرِ ذَوِيهِ

I ask the Most Merciful for forgiveness for what I listened to

I seek forgiveness from the Most Merciful for what I have fashioned

Of its fine adornments, to other than its rightful owners

Of its most radiant ornaments for those unworthy of them.