ألا أبلغ لَدَيكَ أبَا دُلامَه
فَلَيسَ مِنَ الكِرامِ وَلا كَرَامَه
Now carry this message to Abu Dulama:
He is neither one of the noble nor possessed of nobility.
إذا لَبِسَ العِمَامَةَ كانَ قِرداً
وَخِنزِيراً إذا نَزَعَ العِمَامَه
When he puts on a turban, he is a monkey,
and a pig when he takes the turban off.
جَمَعتَ دَمَامةً وجَمَعتَ لُؤماً
كَذَاكَ اللُّومُ تَتبَعُهُ الدَّمَامَه
You have amassed ugliness, and amassed baseness;
such is baseness: ugliness follows it.
فإن تَكُ قَد أصَبتَ نَعِيمَ دُنيَا
فلا تَفرَح فَقَد دَنَتِ القِيامَه
Even if you have attained the pleasures of this world,
do not rejoice—the Resurrection has drawn near.
Sol 5.6