1. يا أَبا القاسِم العديل اطرح الحِش

    مَةَ مني واسلُك مَعي في طَريقِك

    O Abu al-Qasim al-ʿAdīl, cast aside reserve

    toward me, and walk with me along your path.

  2. وانبَسِط في شَتيمَتي ودَع العا

    لَم يَهذو فالعِرضُ عرضُ صَديقِك

    And be unrestrained in insulting me, and let the world

    babble—for the honor is your friend's honor.

  3. واهجِني كَيفَ شِئتَ نَظماً ونَثرا

    كلُّ شَيءٍ مِن فيكَ عَذبٌ كَريقِك

    And lampoon me however you wish, in verse and prose;

    everything from your mouth is sweet as your saliva.

  4. ما احتِيالي واللَّهُ قَد رَزَقَ الآ

    باءَ بِرّاً وخَصَّني بِعقوقِك

    What recourse have I, when God has granted fathers

    filial devotion, yet singled me out for your disobedience?

  5. لَم يَزَل سِرُكَ المعرسُ في القَل

    بِ مُقيماً حتَّى ضربتَ ببوقِك

    Your secret, encamped in the heart, remained

    lodged there until you sounded your trumpet.