قَلَّ خَيرُ اِبنِ قاسِمٍ

فَغِناهُ كَعُدمِهِ

Little good from Ibn Qasim,

His wealth like his poverty.

كادَ مِن خَشيَةِ القِرى

يَختَبي في اُمِّهِ

He almost hid in his mother's womb,

So scared was he of (other) towns.

جازَ في اللُؤمِ حَدَّهُ

كَأَبيهِ وَعَمُّهُ

In meanness he went beyond all bounds,

Like his father and his uncle.

كادَ يُعديكَ لُؤمَهُ

لَو تَسَمَّيتَ بِاِسمِهِ

His meanness almost did confound

Your name, had you adopted his.