أما الوشاةُ فأنتَ أعلمُ مِنهمُ
بجميعِ ما أبديهِ أَوْ أخْفِيهِ
As for the tale-bearers, you know better than they do
all that I reveal or conceal.
وكذا العواذلُ قد سَدَدْتُ مَسَامعي
عَن عَذْلِهِمْ ما عِشتُ لَسْتُ أعيهِ
And likewise the reproachers—I have stopped my ears
against their reproach; as long as I live, I shall not heed it.
صِنْفان أمرُهما يسيرٌ هَيّنٌ
أمّا الرقيبُ فحار أمري فيهِ
Two sorts—the matter of both is easy and simple;
but as for the watcher, I am at a loss what to do about him.
Sol 5.6