1. دعوتُ ابنَ عَبّاسٍ إلى حَدّ خُطَّةٍ

    وكانَ امرأً أُهْدِي إليه رَسَائلي

    I called Ibn Abbas to the crux of a matter,

    and he was a man to whom I would send my letters.

  2. فَأخْلَفَ ظَنّي والحوادثُ جَمّةٌ

    ولم يَكُ فيما قال منّي بواصِلِ

    Then he disappointed my expectations, and misfortunes are many;

    nor, in what he said, did he maintain ties with me.

  3. وما كان فيما جاء ما يستحقّهُ

    ومَا زاد أنْ أَغْلَى عليه مَراجلي

    And in what he brought there was nothing he deserved;

    and he did no more than set my cauldrons boiling against him.

  4. فقلْ لابن عبّاسٍ تُراكَ مُفَرّقاً

    بقولك مَنْ حَولي وأنّكَ آكلي

    So tell Ibn Abbas: Do you think you can scatter

    those around me with your words, and devour me?

  5. وقل لابن عباسٍ تُراكَ مُخَوّفاً

    بجهلكَ حِلْمي إنّني غيرُ غافلِ

    And tell Ibn Abbas: Do you think you can intimidate

    my forbearance with your folly? I am not heedless.

  6. فَأَبْرقْ وأَرعِدْ ما استطعتَ فإِنّني

    إليكَ بما يشجيك سَبْطُ الأَناملِ

    So flash your lightning and thunder all you can, for I

    am open-handed toward you with whatever grieves you.