كانَ اِبنُ حَربٍ عَظيمَ القَدرِ في الناسِ

حَتّى رَماهُ بِما فيهِ اِبنُ عَبّاسِ

Ibn Harb was mighty esteemed among the people

Until Ibn Abbas assailed him with what was in him

ما زالَ يَهبِطُهُ طَوراً وَيُصعِدُهُ

حَتّى اِستَقادَ وَما بِالحَقِّ مِن باسِ

He kept demeaning and elevating him alternately

Until he recovered, though in truth unharmed

لَم يَترُكَن خُطَّةً مِمّا يُذَلِّلُهُ

إِلّا كَواهُ بِها في فَروَةِ الراسِ

He left him no vulnerable spot that he did not expose

Covering his very scalp with them