1. We have a friend obsessed with conflict
Full of mistakes, scarce in rectitude

2. More stubborn than a lizard
And more repulsive when he walks than a crow

3. When scholars are mentioned in his presence
Perhaps out of envy, he berates them

4. Yet of knowledge, there is none in his palm
When knowledge is mentioned, naught but dust

5. Misconceptions gathered by Shawkat
And others forged by Ibn Dabi