1. أَبو إِسحاقَ إِبراهيمُ مِمَّن

    تَحامُلُهُ عَلى شِعري قَديمُ

    Abu Ishaq Ibrahim is one of those

    whose hostility toward my verse is long-standing.

  2. أَما يَخشى زَبانِيَةَ القَوافي

    إِذا وَقَدَت لِأَفكاري جَحيمُ

    Does he not fear the infernal wardens of rhyme

    when hellfire blazes for my thoughts?

  3. فَدَع شَيطانَ غَيبَتِهِ وَشِعري

    فَإشنَّ سَماءَهُ فيها الرُجومُ

    So leave the demon of his backbiting with my verse:

    for its sky holds missiles.