1. قد استجاد عذولي

    تغزّلي وثنائي

    My reproacher admired

    My love poetry and my praise.

  2. فقال قل في شعرا

    ولو يكون هجائي

    So he said, “Speak verse about me,

    Even if it is satire against me.”

  3. فقلت حاشاك لكن

    أجيد فيك رثائي

    I said, “I would never satirize you—but

    I excel at composing an elegy for you.”