قد أطمعَ الناس كفي عن هجائهمُ

فكُلُّهمْ جائرٌ في حكمهِ جاني

People's greed made me stop criticizing them,

Yet all of them are unjust in their judgment of me.

وقيلَ غايتهُ هجْوٌ يروعُ به

وأقبحُ الهجو اِعْراضي وهِجْراني

It is said his ultimate goal is to frighten with his satire

Yet the ugliest satire is to turn away from me and abandon me.

اِنَّ الموارد تُطْوى وهي آجنةٌ

والسائغُ العذْبِ ملقى كلِّ ظمآنِ

Surely fresh springs run dry,

And sweet clear water meets the thirst of all who thirst.