شعُرتَ فَجِئتَ بِعَين المُحال

وَما زِلتَ ذا خَطلِ في المَقالْ

You felt poetry so you brought the impossible

And you have not ceased your foolish talk

مَتى عَزّ في حِمص غَيرُ العَزيز

أَو ذَلّ غَيرُ الذَميم الفَعالْ

When has one mighty in Homs been other than the mighty?

Or one disgraced other than the despised doer?