هجوتُ ابنَ أبي الطاهرِ
وهو العينُ والرأسُ
I lampooned Ibn Abi al-Tahir—
though he is the eye and the head.
ولولا سرقات الشعر
ما كان به باسُ
Were it not for his thefts of poetry,
there would be nothing amiss with him.
إذا أنشدكم شعراً
فقولوا أحسنَ الناسُ
So whenever he recites a poem to you,
say, “The people did well.”
Sol 5.6