1. If you would wrap yourself in Kasa'i's cloak
And don Farraa's skin

2. And intersperse with Al-Khalil while Sibawayh becomes
A hostage of captivity to you

3. And if you would form from Abu Al-Aswad's blackness
A man nicknamed Abu Al-Sawda'

4. Still God would refuse those of knowledge
To count you other than among the foolish