1. I warned Utbah as he defamed me so I could insult him
God is greatest! How valorous satire has become!

2. I never thought time would give me respite
Until I saw someone satirize him, no one.

3. For Utbah, a malady has afflicted him
Had it afflicted a lion, even lions would shun him

4. Had a lame person attacked him with verses
Or a chatterbox, he would have wished to be abandoned

5. Had he disliked his shame being exposed
There would not be so many flaws in his poetry

6. If you hear him wrongly describe “qina”
He meant a qina without rhymes

7. I am astonished by one whose satchel
Contains volumes yet does not give birth!

8. Had a tenth of what he did last night and still does
With both worlds of distress befallen them, they would have perished

9. They do not persistently invoke against enemies
Unless they experience some of what he feels

10. And one who says “Why do they overlook you when
You are satirized?” I say to him “I am the smallpox- the rabies- I am the

11. Fire- the fierce lightning bolt- I am the scabies- the obedient servant