مَدَحْتُ أبَا جَعْفَرٍ

وَقُلْتُ شَرِيفُ العَرَبْ

I praised Abu Ja'far

And said he's noble among Arabs

فَأَسْلَمِنَي بُخْلُهُ

إلى خَيْبَةِ المُنْقَلَبْ

But his stinginess betrayed me

To the disappointment of failure

وَأَبْدَى عَلَى بَابِهِ

تَجَمُّلَ أَهْلِ الأَدَبْ

And at his door I saw

The pomp of educated people

إذا قُلْتُ قدْ جَادَ لي

يَقُولُ قمِيصي كَذِبْ

When I say he was generous to me

He says "my shirt is a liar"