جرد لشخصك ناقدا

من نفسه وانقد عليه

Strip yourself bare of self, become

Your own critic; look at all you do

ما كان ضربه مؤلما

من كان صوته في يديه

With eyes alert for pain. How hard we hit

Ourselves! Our voices can bring ourselves down too.

فأقم سواك مقام نف

سك ناقدا وانظر اليه

Stand in your own place, look at yourself,

Become your own impartial judge; just see

في النقد بالزنبور قد

قتل الكسائي سيبويه

Yourself with eyes that, like the wasp, can kill

Sibawayh as his critic did, fatally.