قُلْ لِمَنْ يَشْتَهى المَديحَ ولَكِنْ

قُلْ لِمَنْ يَشْتَهى المَديحَ ولَكِنْ

دُونَ مَعْروفه مِطالٌّ ولَيُّ

دُونَ مَعْروفه مِطالٌّ ولَيُّ

Tell the one who longs for praise, and yet

Tell whoever desires praise, though

whose bounty is barred by delay and evasion:

Without favor, importunate and execrable -

سَوْفَ أَهْجوكَ بَعْدَ مَدْحٍ وتَحْري

سَوْفَ أَهْجوكَ بَعْدَ مَدْحٍ وتَحْري

كٍ وعَتَبٍ وآَخِرُ الدّاءِ كَيُّ

كٍ وعَتَبٍ وآَخِرُ الدّاءِ كَيُّ

I shall lampoon you after praise and prod-

I shall satirize you after praise and censure

ding and reproach—and the last resort for illness is cautery.

And rebuke - the end of malady is bile