أَتاكَ أَبو حَفصٍ وَيَحيى بنُ مالِكٍ

فَأَهلاً وَسَهلاً بِالوَغى وَالمَعامِعِ

Abu Hafs and Yahya ibn Malik came to you,

With calamities and afflictions they brought anew,

رَجالٌ إِذا صَبّوا عَلَيكَ شَهادَةً

حَكَت فيكَ وَقعَ المُرهِقاتِ القَواطِعِ

When men like them testify against you,

Their words strike you like piercing blades of doom,

أَقولُ لِديكي إِذ رَأَيتُ وُجوهَهُم

تَعَزَّ فَقَد جاءَتكَ إِحدى الفَجائِعِ

I say to you when I saw their faces,

Grieve, for one of the calamities has come to you,

رَثى وَاِستَهَلَّت عِندَ ذاكَ دُموعُهُ

وَقالَ كَثيراً ما أَفاضوا مَدامِعي

He wept and his tears poured forth then,

And said much - how they made my tears flow!