شبَّهتُ منطِقَهُ مِن فوقِ لِحيتِه

ببُومةٍ حَكِتِ الغِربانَ في النَّعبِ

His reasoning from above his beard

Like an owl preached to crows in the narrow pass

يا لا رعَى اللهُ مَن قد راعنِي ومضَى

ذُو لِحيةٍ بسوَى الإرجَاف لم يَشِبِ

Oh how Allah did not care for he who tended me and left

Bearded yet by merely spouting nonsense did not mature