1. Abu Ya'la has now become vizier, as was his right,
After the inkstand and the pen and the pumice-stone.
١. أضحى وزيراً أبو يَعْلى وحُقَّ له
بعد المشارطِ والمقراضِ والجلَمِ
2. Some people spoke evil of his writing to me, saying:
"If only You had not, O Lord, taught writing with the pen!"
٢. قد قال قومٌ وغاظتهم كتابتُه
لو شئت يا ربِّ ما علَّمتَ بالقلمِ