لَم يَصفُ عيسى بنُ مُرقُسٍ لِأَخٍ

إِلّا وَشابَ الصَفاءَ تَكديرُ

Jesus, son of Marqas, described no brother

Save one whose pure water was muddied-

فَلا رَعا اللَهُ مَن يَكونُ كَذا

أَخلاقَهُ تَمرَةٌ وَزَنبورُ

So may God not tend to one whose nature

Is a date, sweet without, and wasp within.