فَقُلتُ لَهُ كَلَّفَتني فَوقَ صَنعَتي

كَما قَلَّدوا فَصلَ القَضاءِ يُخامِرا

I said to him, "You have burdened me beyond my capacity,

As they burdened the judge with responsibilities.

فَأَصبَحَ قَد حارَت بِهِ طُرقُ الهَوى

يُكابِدُ لُجِيّاً مِنَ البَحرِ زاخِرا

So he became perplexed by the paths of passion,

Battling the sea's tumultuous waves.

فَقُلتُ لَو اِستَعفَيتَ مِنها فَقالَ لي

سَأَفضَحُ ما قَد كانَ مِنكَ مُغايِرا

I said, 'If you resigned from this, he said to me,

'I will expose what was concealed from you.'

فَقُلتُ لَهُ رَأسَ الفُضوحِ إِقامَةً

عَلَينا كَذا مِن غَيرِ عِلمٍ مُكابِرا

So I said to him, 'To carry on so without knowledge

Is to bring scandal upon us.'

وَخَبطُكَ في دينِ الإِلَهِ عَلى عَمىً

خِباطَةِ سِكرانِ تَكَلَّمَ سادِرا

And your stumbling blindly in the faith of God

Is like a drunk man babbling nonsense.

فَلَن تَحمِلَ الصخر الذُبابُ وَلَن تَرى السْ

سلاحِفُ يُزجينَ السَفينَ المَواخِرا

A fly cannot carry a boulder, nor will

Turtles chase down ships under full sail."