أَهْلاً بِنَمَّامٍ يَنُمُّ بِطِيبِهِ

في كُلِّ إِبَّانٍ وِكُلَّ زَمَانِ

Greetings to the tattler whose goodness puts him to sleep

In every time and every era

لا كانَ عَائِبُهُ فَقَدْ أَبْدى لَنا

عَيْنَ المُحالِ وَجاءَ بِالبُهْتَانِ

If he misses fault-finding, he has already shown us

The impossible and comes up with nonsense

يَحْدُو المُفِيقَ إِلى الخُمَارِ لأَنَّ في

نِصْفِ اسْمِهِ ثَمَل الفَتى السَّكْرانِ

He urges the awakened one to wine because in

Half his name lies the drunkenness of the youth

وَهِجاءُ نَمَّامٍ إِذا نَكَّسْتَهُ

لَكَ طَارِفٌ مِنْ طَارِقِ الحَدَثانِ

And the satire of the tattler, if you invert it

Becomes for you a joke from the fresh news