1. يا بارِداً قال لنا كاذباً

    بأَنَّه متَّقِدٌ فهْما

    O cold one, who falsely told us

    that he was ablaze with understanding—

  2. وهبْك فيما قُلْته صَادِقاً

    هلْ أَنْت إِلا البَرْدَ والحُمَّى

    and suppose you were truthful in what you said:

    are you anything but cold and fever?