مَنْ لَمْ يُلاقِ الشُّعرا

وَفَرَّ مِنْهُمْ سَحَرا

Who has not met the poets

And fled from them by sorcery

كيفَ يُلاقي الرَومَ أَمْ

كيفَ يُغازي التَترا

How can he meet the Romans or

How can he wage war on the Tatars

كَمْ رُمتُ أنْ أَلحقَهُ

فَفَرَّ مِنّي وجرى

How much I wished to catch up with him

But he fled from me and ran

فبالذي يُبْقيكُمُ

لي يا جميعَ الأمرا

So by Him who keeps you alive

For me, O all people

منْ هذهِ أوصافُه

باللهِ ما هذا خَرا

From these attributes of his

By Allah this is not good