1. I surely forbade him who tears clothes, yet he tore (them)
With weapons when the buckets overflowed their tops.
١. وَلَقَد نَهَيتُ مُخَرِّقاً فَتَخَرَّقَت
بِمُخَرِّقٍ شُطنُ الدِلاءِ شَغورُ
2. And I surely forbade you twice but I was not
Going to repeat when a fool bent, deceived.
٢. وَلَقَد نَهَيتُكَ مَرَّتَينِ وَلَم أَكُن
أُثني إِذا حَمِقٌ ثَنى مَغرورُ
3. Until his family cure an affliction
In the head, recurring once, boiling again.
٣. حَتّى يُداوِيَ أَهلُهُ مَأمومَةً
في الرَأسِ تُدبِرُ مَرَّةً وَتَثورُ