1. Tell the sons of Al-Ash'ath, your blaming
Will not improve Abbas's affair with me,
١. قُل لِبَني الأَشعَثِ لَن تُصلِحوا
بِاللَومِ عِندي أَمرَ عَبّاسِ
2. Until you return him to his Lord
To shape him a nature of benevolence.
٢. حَتّى تَرُدُّهُ إِلى رَبِّهِ
يَطبَعُهُ خَلقاً مِنَ الراسِ
3. Blaming Abbas for his stinginess
Is as though Abbas were of all people,
٣. أَلومُ عَبّاساً عَلى بُخلِهِ
كَأَنَّ عَبّاساً مِنَ الناسِ
4. Yet Abbas among his people
Is but garlic amidst roses and myrtle.
٤. وَإِنَّما العَبّاسُ في قَومِهِ
كَالثومِ بَينَ الوَردِ وَالآسِ