1. قِيلَ لي طاهِرُ بنُ أحمدَ يَغتا

    بُكَ ظُلماً فَلِم رَضيتَ بِظُلمِه

    I was told, “Tahir ibn Ahmad slanders

    you unjustly; why, then, have you been content with his injustice?”

  2. قلتُ أنصارُهُ بِصَيدا كثِيرٌ

    كلُّ أيرٍ فيه أخوه لأمِّه

    I said, “His supporters in Sidon are many:

    Every cock there is his brother on his mother’s side.”