ألا كلُّ ما قالَ الرُّواةُ وأَنْشدوا

بها غيرَ ما قالَ السَّلُوليُّ بَهْرَجُ

All that the reciters recited and sang

Is nonsense except what was said by al-Saluli

كأنَّكِ وَرْهاءُ العِنَانيْنِ بَغْلَة

رأَتْ حُصُناً فعارضَتْهنَّ تَشْحْجُ

As if you were an obstinate she-mule

Who saw a fortress and contended with its defenders