1. Who has not met the poets
And fled from them by sorcery
١. مَنْ لَمْ يُلاقِ الشُّعرا
وَفَرَّ مِنْهُمْ سَحَرا
2. How can he meet the Romans or
How can he wage war on the Tatars
٢. كيفَ يُلاقي الرَومَ أَمْ
كيفَ يُغازي التَترا
3. How much I wished to catch up with him
But he fled from me and ran
٣. كَمْ رُمتُ أنْ أَلحقَهُ
فَفَرَّ مِنّي وجرى
4. So by Him who keeps you alive
For me, O all people
٤. فبالذي يُبْقيكُمُ
لي يا جميعَ الأمرا
5. From these attributes of his
By Allah this is not good
٥. منْ هذهِ أوصافُه
باللهِ ما هذا خَرا