1. O Abi Ali be steadfast though the disputants prolong the contention
You will hit the mark if they make mistakes

2. And lights that uncover their veilings
You uncovered the secret of the veiled virgins

3. And made plain what was crooked in speech
You were overbearing until the carried became the carrier

4. The duration of his sojourn has made him envy
And walkers by steps not by slips

5. Distracted from you, they cut the tie
As you saw the horses galloping the turf

6. You made every ear in it ring
Our understandings have attained the rank of the arrivers

7. And problems that no propose roused to the effort
Their inaction with a saying, when inactive

8. It discriminated amidst its confusedness what was mixed
It divested between the adorned combs

9. The emulators went astray and were not entangled
They inclined to emulate an elegant one who stepped forth

10. An old man who shakes the earth if he crawls
The riding beast licked the spotted spider

11. They frequent the crevasse that lay between
Neither panicking nor exulting

12. They were the obstacle, and you were the exceller
At hastening the people recognize the laggard

13. A time was pleased with you, then angered
The days did not seek any wantonness from us