لَقَدْ عابَ شِعْرِي في البَرِيَّةِ شاعِرٌ

ومَنْ عابَ أَشْعارِي فلابُدَّ أنْ يُهْجَا

A poet among mankind has found fault with my verse;

And whoever faults my poems must surely be lampooned.

وَشِعْرِي بَحْرٌ لا يُوَافِيهِ ضِفْدَعٌ

وَلا يَقْطَعُ الرَّعّادُ يَوْماً لَهُ لُجَّاً

My poetry is a sea no frog can ever reach,

Nor does the frog ever traverse its deep waters.