أسائلتي عن صالحٍ إنَّ صالحاً

وإن نال حظَّا من علا وتقدُّمِ

My questions about a virtuous man - if he is virtuous

And if he attains a share of glory and progress

لهُ إفكُ مدَّاحٍ وأبنة كاتب

وكدية صوفيّ وعقل معلم

He has the lies of a flatterer and the daughter of a scribe

And the spite of a Sufi and the mind of a teacher

إذا ما أضاءت داره لوفودهِ

ثناهم بوجهٍ كاسف اللون مظلم

When his house lights up from his guests

He greets them with a gloomy, dark-colored face

فهم رتعٌ في جنَّةٍ من حريمها

ومنهُ ومن أخلاقهِ في جهنَّم

So they are grazing in a paradise from his women

And he and his morals are in hell