أمَسُّوا يَمُرُّ الذِّكرُ منكَ بمَجلسٍ

كَجِيفَةٍٍ نَتنٍ بالرَّوائِح تَقتُلُ

Yesterday they came and memories of you passed like

A rotten corpse with odors that could kill

أمسُّو وقد أُخبِرتُ أنكَ عادِلٌ

نعم عن طريقِ الرُّشدِ والخَيرِ تَعدِلُ

Yesterday they said you were just and fair

Yes, on the path of righteousness and good you tread

أمَسُّو عقوقُ الوالدينِ كَبيرةٌ

وعنه أمامَ لا بُدَّ تُسأَلُ

Yesterday, to disobey one's parents is a grave sin

Of which you will surely be questioned in the end

وما ذنبُ أمٍّ قد تركتَ بُرورَها

أتَترُكها لَهفى ولِلجارِ تَأكُلُ

What fault has a mother whose kindness you abandoned

Leaving her longing as you feast with neighbors instead?

لقد شهِدَ الجيرانُ فيكَ بِضَربِها

وهذا أبوكَ في الشَّهادَةِ أوَّلُ

The neighbors witnessed as you struck and beat her

And your father leads them all as witness to this deed

أتُنكِرُه إِذ أنَّ طَرفَهُ سالِمٌ

وطرفُكَ من فرطِ التَّلفَّتِ أحوَلُ

Will you deny when his eyes see truly

While yours are twisted from excessive drink and greed?

وما ذنبُ أشياخٍ جلستَ أمامهم

تَسُبُّهمُ سَبًّا وباللَّعنِ تُكمِلُ

What fault have elders before whom you sat

Insulting them, cursing their names with relish?