هجوتُI lampooned ابنَson of أبيAbi (father of) الطاهرِal-Tahir
هجوتُ ابنَ أبي الطاهرِ
وهوand he is العينُthe eye والرأسُand the head
وهو العينُ والرأسُ
I lampooned Ibn Abi al-Tahir,
And he is the eye and the head.
ولولاand were it not for سرقاتthefts of الشعرpoetry
ولولا سرقات الشعر
ماnot كانwould be بهwith him باسُanything wrong
ما كان به باسُ
And were it not for his thefts of poetry,
There would be nothing wrong with him.
إذاwhen أنشدكمhe recites to you شعراًpoetry
إذا أنشدكم شعراً
فقولواthen say أحسنَhave excelled الناسُthe people
فقولوا أحسنَ الناسُ
When he recites poetry to you,
Then say, “The people have excelled!”
Sol 6.1