1. Greetings to the tattler whose goodness puts him to sleep
In every time and every era
١. أَهْلاً بِنَمَّامٍ يَنُمُّ بِطِيبِهِ
في كُلِّ إِبَّانٍ وِكُلَّ زَمَانِ
2. If he misses fault-finding, he has already shown us
The impossible and comes up with nonsense
٢. لا كانَ عَائِبُهُ فَقَدْ أَبْدى لَنا
عَيْنَ المُحالِ وَجاءَ بِالبُهْتَانِ
3. He urges the awakened one to wine because in
Half his name lies the drunkenness of the youth
٣. يَحْدُو المُفِيقَ إِلى الخُمَارِ لأَنَّ في
نِصْفِ اسْمِهِ ثَمَل الفَتى السَّكْرانِ
4. And the satire of the tattler, if you invert it
Becomes for you a joke from the fresh news
٤. وَهِجاءُ نَمَّامٍ إِذا نَكَّسْتَهُ
لَكَ طَارِفٌ مِنْ طَارِقِ الحَدَثانِ