ومزنرٍ أضحى يقول ثلاثةً

وأقول من وجهين لا بل واحدُ

With controversy he came to say but three

Yet I with two faces, nay but one, agree

حتى إذا علِقَتْ بنا يدُ مُنكرٍ

كانت لنا فيما يقولُ مقاصدُ

Until the hand of denial took us in its grip

Intent we were on meanings in all he would say

هذي مناظرةٌ نتيجةُ فقهِها

منّي ومنه راكعٌ أو ساجدُ

This dispute from jurisprudence took its root

Him and me, bowing down or prostrate in prayer

أستغفر الله العظيمَ فإنّني

بالزورِ معترفٌ وقلبي جاحدُ

I ask God's greatest forgiveness, for I

Admit to falsehood while my heart denies