يا نُحاة اِلزَموا الشكَك

ثُمَّ حلُّوا عنِ التّككْ

O grammarians, insist on doubt

Then resolve your hesitations

وَاِكشِفوا عَن فِقاحِكم

قَد أَتَت لحية المَلكْ

And reveal your eloquence

For the king's beard has come

لِحية سرْمُ سِيبَوَيْه

عَلَيها قَدِ اِنتَهكْ

The beard of Sibawayh’s spear

Upon which he was impaled