مُفَضَّلٌ مُستَعجِلٌ
في الحُكمِ والكَلامِ
Mufaḍḍal is hasty
in judgment and in speech.
يقولُ في دقيقَةٍ
ما قَلتَهُ في عَامِ
He says in a minute
what you said in a year.
كأنَّما يعيش في
ضِيقٍ وفي زِحامِ
As though he lived in
straits and in a crush.
لكنَّ ما يقُولُه
أَقوى منَ الأَوهامِ
Yet what he says
is stronger than delusions.
كانَّما كلامُهُ
نَفخٌ على الأَنامِ
It is as though his speech
were blown upon all humankind.
لا تعجَبُوا فَجِسمُهُ
زِمرٌ بلا لِجامِ
Do not marvel—for his body
is pipe-music with no bridle,
كقِربَةٍ مَنفوخَةٍ
تُداسُ بِالأُقدَامِ
like an inflated waterskin
trampled underfoot.
Sol 5.6