قل لابن شاتيل قول ذي لسن

قل لابن شاتيل قول ذي لسن

لا بارد مثله ولا فجِّ

لا بارد مثله ولا فجِّ

Say to Ibn Shatil the words of an eloquent man,

Say to the son of Châtillon, speak with a loose tongue,

neither dull like him nor crude:

None is as cold as he, nor more bitter,

والله لولا خوف الظهير وما

والله لولا خوف الظهير وما

خوفك ما لم تصدقه بالمنجي

خوفك ما لم تصدقه بالمنجي

By God, were it not for fear of al-Ẓahīr—and

By God, were it not for fear of treachery and what

your fear cannot save you unless you prove it sincere—

Makes me fear you, you would not believe in the Savior,

لما سجدت لله في الصلاة وما

لما سجدت لله في الصلاة وما

سجدت إلا للشش والبنجِ

سجدت إلا للشش والبنجِ

you would not have prostrated yourself to God in prayer, and

You would not bow to God in prayer, nor

would have prostrated yourself only to shesh and panj—the dice’s six and five.

Bow down except for hashish and benj.