وأرى المديحَ إذا عداك نقيصةً
فأعافُهُ ولو أنه في حَاتمِ
I regard praise, when it passes you by, as a defect;
And I deem praise a failing when it passes you by;
so I disdain it, even if it were for Hatim.
so I shun it, even if it is in praise of Hatim.
فإذا امتَدحتُ سواكَ قال الشِّعر لي
لم تَرعَ حقّي إذ أَبَحتَ مَحَارمي
Whenever I praise another, my conscience says to me:
And when I praise someone other than you, poetry says to me:
“You failed to honor my claim when you made my sacred bounds fair game.”
"You have not honored my right, for you have profaned my sanctities."
Sol 6.1