يَأَيُّهَذا الكاتِبُ المُستَثقَلُ

مِن حَقِّ مِثلِكَ أَن يَكونَ يُمَثَّلُ

O writer weighed down with rights

It is fitting for the likes of you to be represented

لا حَظَّ تُحسِنُ تُصَحِّحَهُ وَلا

عَقدُ الحِسابِ عَلى بَنانِكَ يَسهُلُ

You have no luck in correcting well

Nor is accounting against you easy

فَبِاَيِّما شَيءٍ تَتيهُ أَبِن لَنا

حَتّى يَكونَ العُذرُ فيهِ يُقبَلُ

With what are you confused, my son, tell us

So the excuse therein may be accepted

أَقسَمتُ لَولا أَنَّ صَفعَكَ ذِلَّةٌ

لِلفاعِلينَ وَعِزَّةٌ لَكَ تَحصُلُ

I swear, if not for the fact that slapping you is

Humiliating for the doers and honor for you results

لَتَرَكتَ رَأسَكَ بِالغَواشي عِبرَةً

لَكِنَّني مِن ذا أَجَلُّ وَأَفضَلُ

You would have left your head to the hyenas a lesson

But I am more noble and superior than that