وَلَمْ يُرَ في مَجلِسٍ شَاعِرانِ

وَلَمْ يُرَ في مَجلِسٍ شَاعِرانِ

ولا ثَالِثاً ضَمَّهُمْ مَوْضِعُ

ولا ثَالِثاً ضَمَّهُمْ مَوْضِعُ

And never have two poets been seen in one gathering,

Two poets did not meet in an assembly,

Nor has any place brought them together with a third.

Nor a third join them in that place,

كَأَنَّا مَصَادرُ عِندَ الوَرَى

كَأَنَّا مَصَادرُ عِندَ الوَرَى

فَليسَ تُثنَّى ولا تُجمَعُ

فَليسَ تُثنَّى ولا تُجمَعُ

As though we were verbal nouns in people's eyes,

As if we are sources for mankind,

So they are neither made dual nor made plural.

That cannot be dualized or pluralized.