أَمَن رَوى بَيتَ شِعرٍ أَو تَمَثَّلَهُ

هَجَوتُموهُ لَقَد أَسرَعتُمُ الضَجَرا

Is it anyone who recites a line of poetry, or quotes it,

whom you lampoon? You have indeed been quick to take offense.

دَعوا القَصائِدَ وَالراوينَ يَطَّرِدوا

إِرسالِها وَاِسمَعوا بِالمَوسِمِ الخَبَرا

Leave the poems, and let their reciters continue

sending them forth; and at the appointed season, hear the news.