مَا حِيلَتي والقَوْمُ أَصْبحَ دَأَبُهُمُ

أَنْ يَرْفِضُوا الأُدَباءَ والآدابَا

What can I do when people have made it their habit

To reject cultured people and literature?

كَرِهُوا المَدِيحَ وأَنكَرُوا جُلاَّبَهُ

لَوْ ذَوَّبُوهُ وَجَدْتَهُمْ جُلاََّبَا

They've come to hate praise and deny its charm -

Even if you made it melting, they'd be frozen.