مَنْ وليَ الحسْبةَ يصبرْ على

تعرّضِ الواقفِ والعابرِ

He who takes on regulating morals will have patience for

The mockery of the critic and the passerby.

فليسَ يحظى بالثنا والغنى

فيهم سوى المحتسبِ الصابرِ

For he will not be praised among them, nor sung,

Except the censor who bears patiently.