كملت في المبرد الآداب
واستخفت في عقله الألباب
The literary arts reached perfection in al-Mubarrad,
Complete in eloquence and refined in knowledge,
and other minds seemed slight beside his intellect.
Yet light in intellect and lacking wisdom.
غير أن الفتى كما زعم النا
سُ دعيٌّ مصحِّفٌ كذاب
Yet the young man, as people have claimed,
But the youth, as people claim,
is an impostor, a misreader of texts, a liar.
Is a lying scribe and fabricator.
Sol 6.1