غَياثٌ وَعَمروٌ فَاِسمَعوا ما عَلِمتُهُ

غَياثٌ وَعَمروٌ فَاِسمَعوا ما عَلِمتُهُ

لِشَيخَينِ عِندي مِن حَديثِهِما شانُ

لِشَيخَينِ عِندي مِن حَديثِهِما شانُ

Ghiyāth and ʿAmr—listen, then, to what the two of them taught

Ghiyath and Amr—so listen to what I have learned.

to two shaykhs; in my eyes, their tale is no small matter.

I have a noteworthy tale about these two elders.

غَياثٌ نَفى عَن نَفسِهِ الحَدَّ في الزِنى

غَياثٌ نَفى عَن نَفسِهِ الحَدَّ في الزِنى

وَعَمروٌ بِتَوقيعِ الخَليفَةِ قَرنانُ

وَعَمروٌ بِتَوقيعِ الخَليفَةِ قَرنانُ

Ghiyāth ruled the prescribed penalty for adultery inapplicable to himself,

Ghiyath spared himself the prescribed punishment for fornication,

while ʿAmr, by the caliph’s signed decree, is a cuckold.

And Amr, by the caliph’s decree, is a cuckold.