شَكا شِعري إِلَيَّ وَقالَ تَهجو

بِمِثلي عرضَ ذا الكَلبِ اللَئيمِ

My poetry complained to me and said you satirize

One like me, O vile dog!

فَقُلتُ لَهُ تَسَلَّ فَرُبَّ نَجمٍ

هَوى في إِثرِ شَيطانٍ رَجيمِ

So I said to it, "Have patience, for many a star

Has fallen while following a damned devil."