muslim bin alwalid alansari the poet known as the slayer of the seductresses told me it seemed to me that the poets poets would not be judged as having good poetry unless they satirized me and criticized my poetry and a tongue with which they would satirize my honor. i am still accused without any crime except for what came to their hearts of the whispers of suspicions and thoughts that made them think that they would not be judged as having good poetry unless they used what they thought about me.
قال لي مسلم بن الوليد الأنصاري الشاعر، الذي يعرف بصريع الغواني خيل إلى نوكي الشعراء أنهم لا يقضى لهم بجودة الشعر إلا بهجائي والطعن في شعري، ولسان يهجى به عرضي، لا أنفك متهما من غير جرم، إلا ما سبق إلى قلوبهم من وساوس الظنون والخواطر التي أوهمتهم أنه لا يسجل لهم بجودة الشعر إلا إذا استعملوا في ما خيل إليهم.