لما رأى أمَّهُ نُهْبَى مقسمةً

يرمي بها الشعرُ بلداناً فبلدانا

When he saw his mother being plundered

The poetry scatters her in countries and countries

أغضبتُهُ فهجاني غيرَ منتصرٍ

كعاركٍ أنفه بالأرض غضبانا

I angered him, so he attacked me without winning

Like an angry bull butting the ground with its nose

أظهرت في شعره من ضعف مُنَّتهِ

خِزياً أعضَّ له من خِزي بورانا

His poetry revealed the weakness of his boast

A shame that tore for him a shameful wound