فارتَموا يَدَّعون أَمراً عَظيماً

لَم يَكُن للخليلِ لا وَالكَليمِ

They rushed claiming a great matter

There was neither for Al-Khalil nor Al-Kalim

بَينَما المَرءُ مِنهُم في اِستفالٍ

أَبصر اللَوح ما بِهِ مِن رقومِ

While one of them was in abstraction

He saw the tablet, what was on it of inscription

فَجنى العلم مِنهُ غَضاً طَريا

وَدَرى ما يَكون قَبل الهُجومِ

So he drew knowledge from it, fresh, copious

And knew what would happen before the attack

إِنَّ عَقلي لَفي عقالٍ إِذا ما

أَنا صدقت بافتراءٍ عَظيمِ

Indeed my mind is in shackles when

I substantiate with a monstrous slander