أحمَدُ الآبيّ فيه أبنةٌ

ولكم عوقِبَ فيها ولَكَمْ

Ahmad's father has a daughter

And how much he was punished through her, and how much

فثقوا بي مُخبراً عن رجُلٍ

هو في الآداب شيخي والحكَمْ

Trust me as one informing of a man

Who is my master in morals and wisdom

خبرٌ لو لم أحدّثْكُم به

كان أولى بي من النُطْقِ البَكَمْ

News, if I didn't tell you

It would be more fitting for me than muted speech

أنا ممّن في بيتِه

وكذا في بيتِه يُؤتى الحَكَمْ

I am one of those whose house

And the house he enters to seek wisdom