إِن كانَ شَكلُكَ غَيرَ مُتَّفَقٍ
فَكَذا خِلالُكَ غَيرَ مُؤتَلِفَه
If your appearance is ill-proportioned,
so too are your traits discordant.
مِن عُصبَةٍ شَتّى إِذا اِجتَمَعوا
شَبَّهتُ دارَكُمُ بِهِ عَرَفَه
From a motley clan—when they gather,
I liken your house, thereby, to ʿArafa.
صُوِّرتَ مِن نُطَفٍ قَدِ اِختَلَفَت
فَأَتَت خِلالُكَ وَهيَ مُختَلِفَه
You were fashioned from disparate drops of seed,
so your traits emerged disparate too.
فَوَرَثتَ مِن ذا قُبحَ مَنظَرِهِ
وَوَرَثتَ ذاكَ خَناهُ أَو صَلَفَه
From this one you inherited his ugly looks,
and from that one his lewdness—or his conceit.
عَيَّرتَني أَن رُحتُ في سَمَلٍ
وَالدُرُ لا تُزري بِهِ الصَدفَه
You taunted me for going about in rags,
but a pearl is not demeaned by its shell.
Sol 5.6