1. الشِعرُ خُطَّةَ خَسفِ

    لِكُلِّ طالِب عُرفِ

    Poetry is a course of humiliation

    For every seeker of favor;

  2. لِلشَيخِ عَيبَةُ عيبٍ

    وَلِلفَتى ظرفُ ظَرفِ

    For the old man, a chest of shame,

    And for the young man, a vessel of refinement.