أَبا نُصَيرٍ تَحَلحَل عَن مَجالِسِنا

فَاِنَّ فيكَ لِمَن جاراكَ مُنتَقَصا

Abu Nusayr, you have strayed from our circles

For in you there is something lacking for whoever befriends you

أَنتَ الحِمارُ حَروناً إِن رَفَقتَ بِهِ

وَإِن قَصَدتَ إِلى مَعروفِهِ قَمَصا

You are a donkey, gently moving if you walk with him

And if you head towards his needs, a shirt too short

إِنّي هَزَزتُكَ لا آلوكَ مُجتَهِداً

لَو كُنتَ سَيفاً وَلَكِنّي هَزَزتُ عَصا

I have shaken you, not to insult you for trying

If you were a sword but I have shaken a stick