هَجَوتُ الأَكابِرَ في جِلَّقٍ
وَرُعتُ الوَضيعَ بِهَجوِ الرَفيعِ
I lampooned the great men in Jilliq—Damascus—
and struck fear into the lowly by lampooning the eminent.
وَأُخرِجتُ مِنها وَلكِنَّني
رَجَعتُ عَلى رغمِ أَنفِ الجَميعِ
I was driven out of it; yet I
returned, in defiance of them all.
Sol 5.6