ألْبِسْتَ جلبابَ الخِسَارَهْ

ألْبِسْتَ جلبابَ الخِسَارَهْ

وَجُبِلْتَ من غيرِ الطَّهارة

وَجُبِلْتَ من غيرِ الطَّهارة

You were clothed in the cloak of loss,

You have worn the robe of loss

And you were fashioned from impurity.

And are molded without purity

رُمْتَ الحكارةَ جاهداً

رُمْتَ الحكارةَ جاهداً

فهلكتَ في طُرُقِ الحِكّارَه

فهلكتَ في طُرُقِ الحِكّارَه

You zealously pursued hoarding,

You strove hard in defamation

So you perished on the hoarders' paths.

So you perished in the ways of jesters

لمّا لجأتَ إلى العِيار

لمّا لجأتَ إلى العِيار

رةِ كنتَ غرّاً بالعِيارَهْ

رةِ كنتَ غرّاً بالعِيارَهْ

When you resorted to roguery,

When you resorted to villainy

You were naive about roguery.

You were foolish in villainy

أوَ ما عجيبٌ أن يقو

أوَ ما عجيبٌ أن يقو

لَ ذوو البراعةِ والعباره

لَ ذوو البراعةِ والعباره

And is it not strange that they should say—

Is it strange that the eloquent say

Those masters of skill and eloquence:

He keeps insulting him until

ما زال يهجوهُ إِلى أن

ما زال يهجوهُ إِلى أن

صار يُرْمَى بالحجاره

صار يُرْمَى بالحجاره

He kept lampooning him until

He gets pelted with stones

He came to be pelted with stones.

And if you dared, then it is the nature of madmen to be daring

ولئن جسرتَ فإن من

ولئن جسرتَ فإن من

شأن المجانينِ الجَسَاره

شأن المجانينِ الجَسَاره

And even if you were bold, surely among

Do not be fooled, no debauched poet can succeed

The traits of madmen is boldness.

And if adultery is hinted at, the hint does not escape you

لا تُخْدَعَنّ فليس يُف

لا تُخْدَعَنّ فليس يُف

لح شاعرٌ عَبْلُ الجزاره

لح شاعرٌ عَبْلُ الجزاره

Do not be deceived, for success does not come to

A poet thick of limb.

وإذا يُشَارُ إلى الزني

وإذا يُشَارُ إلى الزني

مِ فليسَ تُخْطِيكَ الإشاره

مِ فليسَ تُخْطِيكَ الإشاره

And when the baseborn man is pointed out,

Then the gesture will not miss you.