مولايَ ما اسمٌ لناحلٍ دنف

وما به لا أذًى ولا سَقم

My Master, what is the name of a wasp's sting?

It brings neither harm nor sickness.

لسان قومٍ فإن حذفت وإن

صحفت بعض الحروف فهو فم

Yet when the tongues of men omit some letters,

Or mispronounce some words, it becomes a poisonous sting.