وَمُغَرِّدَينِ تَجاوَبا في مَجلِسٍ

مَنَعوهُما لِأَذاهُما الأَقوامُ

Two songbirds chirped back and forth at a gathering

But people forbid it, finding their sounds offensive

هَذا يَجودُ بِعَكسٍ ما يَأتي بِهِ

هَذا فَيُحمَدُ ذا وَذاكَ يُلامُ

One gives freely the opposite of what he receives

He is praised while the other is blamed