1. قبح الإله الإلف إلا ما مضى

    والشعر بعد مرقشٍ ومهلهل

    May God curse companionship, save what has passed,

    and poetry after Muraqqish and Muhalhil,

  2. وأبي داود أو عبيد كلما

    نطقوا أصابوا فيه فصّ المفصل

    and Abu Dawud or Ubayd; whenever

    they spoke, they struck the joint's very core in their verse.