1. He built a house of evil and before that
Beneath his rubbish was a dwelling far more spacious.
١. وعامرِ دارٍ للخَنا وهو قبلَها
لأوسَعَ منها تحتَ طِمريه مِعمارُ
2. His stalwart friends paraded through its tracts -
Great God! The house conceals what it contains.
٢. تعزَّب في أرجائِها بفحولِها
فللَّه درُّ الدارِ ما تَستُر الدارُ