1. عِفظيرُ إِنّا اِختَلَفنا

    في الفِعلِ مِن فاعِلينِ

    ʿIfẓīr, we have disagreed

    Over the verb with two agents.

  2. فَقالَ قَومٌ يُثَنّى

    لِجَمعِنا الهَمزَتَينِ

    So some said it is made dual

    Because we combine the two hamzas.

  3. وَقالَ قَومٌ يُعَدّى

    بِمُلتَقى الساكِنَينِ

    And some said it is made transitive

    At the meeting of the two vowelless consonants.

  4. وَأَنتَ أَعلَمُ مِنّا

    بِذا وَذاكَ وَذَينِ

    And you know better than we do

    About this, that, and these two,

  5. لِأَنَّكَ الدَهرَ فِعلٌ

    يُعتَلُّ مِن جِهَتَينِ

    For you are forever a verb

    That is weak in two respects.