1. الحاب صهري على أمي وقد حبلت

    لئن ترثيت بعد اليوم صدّاقا

    May al-ḥāb be my in-law through my mother, who has become pregnant,

    if, after today, I ever pity Ṣaddāq,

  2. يشكو فأرحمه حتّى إذا انكشفت

    أحواله كان قارونا وزنداقا

    who complains, so I pity him—until, when laid bare,

    his circumstances show him to be a Qarun and a heretic.