وَجاهل يدّعي نظم القَريض وَلا

يَدري بِأَنّ اِدِّعاء النَظم يُقلقني

A fool claims to compose poetry, yet doesn't know

That his pretense at verse disturbs me so.

يا شاعِراً مُفلقاً مَهلاً فَحسبك بي

مَضَرّةً كادَ هَذا الشعر يَفلقني

Sloppy poet, have done! 'Tis enough you trouble me.

Such drivel could near split my head in two!