1. ما بالُ فرخٍ أبوه بلبلٌ قَملٌ

    يُكنَى أبا الصقرِ يا أهلَ الدواوينِ

    Why is a chick whose father is Bulbul, a lice-ridden nightingale,

    called Abu al-Saqr (Father of the Falcon), O people of the bureaus?

  2. عرُّوه من كنيةٍ ليست تليقُ به

    يكنى أبا الصقرِ من كان ابنَ شاهينِ

    Strip him of a byname that does not befit him.

    Abu al-Saqr is the byname for one who is a son of Shahin (a falcon).