1. ما لي رَأَيتُ صُنوفَ الباطِلِ اِشتَبَهَت

    فَلَم تَزَل بِقِرانِ المُشتَري زُحَلا

    Why have I seen the kinds of falsehood become indistinguishable?

    Yet, in conjunction with Jupiter, you have not ceased to be Saturn.

  2. عَبدانِ لِلَّهِ سَيّارانِ ما سَئِما

    طولَ المَسيرِ إِذا مَلَّ الفَتى الرَحَلا

    Two servants of God, two wanderers, who have never grown weary

    of the long journey, when a young man tires of the saddle.

  3. وَما اِستَفَزَّهُما الاِمهالُ فَاِدَّعَيا

    بِالجَهلِ ما قالَهُ المَغرورُ وَاِنتَحَلا

    Nor did respite embolden them to claim

    in ignorance what the deluded man said and falsely professed.

  4. إِن يَنظُرا أَعيُناً رُمداً فَما رَمِدا

    وَلا بِغَيرِ سَوادِ الحِندِسِ اِكتَحَلا

    If they behold inflamed eyes, their own are not inflamed,

    Nor have they applied kohl but with the blackness of darkest night.