1. لَقَد ذاقَ حَسّانُ الَّذي هُوَ أَهلُهُ

    وَحَمنَةُ إِذ قالوا هَجيراً وَمِسطَحُ

    Ḥassān has indeed tasted what he deserved,

    as did Ḥamna and Misṭaḥ, when they uttered foul speech.

  2. تَعاطَوا بِرَجمِ الغَيبِ زَوجَ نَبِيِّهِم

    وَسَخطَةَ ذي العَرشِ الكَريمِ فَأُترِحوا

    They assailed their Prophet’s wife with conjectures about the unseen,

    and earned the wrath of the noble Lord of the Throne, and so were plunged into grief.

  3. وَآذَوا رَسولَ اللَهِ فيها فَجُلِّلوا

    مَخازِيَ تَبقى عُمِّموها وَفُضِّحوا

    They harmed the Messenger of God through that affair, and were engulfed

    in lasting disgraces; they were turbaned with them and exposed.

  4. وَصُبَّت عَلَيهِم مُحصَداتٌ كَأَنَّها

    شَآبيبُ قَطرٍ مِن ذُرا المُزنِ تَسفَحُ

    And cutting verses were poured down upon them as though they were

    torrents of rain streaming from the cloudbanks’ heights.