1. ابنُ الحديثِ محدّثٌ

    من ثغرِه لا إليتَيْهِ

    Ibn al-Hadith is a speaker,

    from his mouth, not his buttocks.

  2. فاجْعَلْ غرائِبَ شِعْرِه

    في شَعرةٍ من عارِضَيْهِ

    So put the rarities of his verse

    in a single hair from his cheeks.

  3. قد قلتُ لما طل وال

    أنباءُ فقد عمِيَتْ علَيْهِ

    I said, when he looked out—and the

    news had indeed grown obscure to him—

  4. أوَ ما رأى علياكَ وا

    ضحةً مبيّنةً إليهِ

    "And did he not see your exalted rank,

    clear and plainly revealed to him?"

  5. وأظنّها لمّا بدَتْ

    كالشّمسِ أعشَتْ ناظرَيْهِ

    And I think that when it appeared,

    like the sun, it dazzled his eyes.