زعمتَ أبا سهلٍ بأنَّك جامعٌ

ضروباً من الآداب يجمعها الكَهلُ

You claimed, Abu Sahl, that you have mastered

Various disciplines, as an old man might.

وَهَبكَ تقولُ الحقَّ أي فضيلةٍ

تكون لذي عِلمٍ وليس له عَقلُ

Yet what merit lies in truth-telling, you ask,

For one with knowledge, but devoid of wit?