1. أَلا يَكشِفُ القُصّاصَ والٍ فَإِن هُمُ

    أَتَوا بِيَقينٍ فَليَقُصّوا لِيَنفَعوا

    Will no governor investigate the storytellers? For if they

    bring sure knowledge, let them tell their tales, that they may benefit others.

  2. وَإِن خَرَصوا مَيناً بِغَيرِ تَحَرُّجٍ

    فَأَوجَبَ شَيءٍ أَن يُهانوا وَيُصفَعوا

    And if they fabricate falsehood without scruple,

    then the most imperative thing is that they be humiliated and slapped.

  3. وَمَن جاءَ مِنهُم واثِقاً بِشَفاعَةٍ

    فَكَم شافِعٍ في هَيِّنٍ لا يُشَفَّعُ

    And whoever among them comes trusting in intercession—

    for many an intercessor in a trifling matter has his plea refused.

  4. سَعَوا لِفَسادِ الدينِ في كُلِّ

    مَسجِدٍ فَما بالُهُم لَم يُستَضاموا وَيَدفَعوا

    They strove to corrupt religion in every

    mosque; why, then, have they not been humbled and driven away?