كَمْ قُلْتُ لِلأَكْرَمِ الْحَشَّاءِ أَنْصَحُهُ

كَمْ قُلْتُ لِلأَكْرَمِ الْحَشَّاءِ أَنْصَحُهُ

بأَنَّ عبدَكَ مُحْتاجٌ لِلَقَّانِ

بأَنَّ عبدَكَ مُحْتاجٌ لِلَقَّانِ

How often I told the generous al-Ḥashshāʾ, as I counseled him:

How often I said to al-Akram al-Hashsha’, advising him:

“Your servant has need of Luqman.”

“Your servant is in need of Laqqan.”

فقالَ عَبْدِي عِفْرِيتٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ

فقالَ عَبْدِي عِفْرِيتٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ

إنِّي أَخافُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سُلَيْمانِ

إنِّي أَخافُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سُلَيْمانِ

He said, “My servant is an ifrit!” So I said to him:

Then he said, “My servant is an ifrit”; so I said to him:

“Indeed, I fear Solomon may come for him.”

“I fear for him at Solomon’s hands.”