1. He sang and every listener
Stuck a finger in his ear,
١. غَنَّى فكُلُّ حاضرٍ
إِصْبَعُهُ في أُذْنِهِ
2. Like splitting ice, his poetry's
Words and rhymes stabbed with a spear.
٢. شِعْراً كَبرْدِ فَكَّهِ
لفظاً وطُولِ قَرْنِهِ
3. So praise God who let him sing
Yet did not make him persevere.
٣. فالحمدُ لله الذي
غَنَّى ولم يُثَنِّهِ