حريث نبيطيٌّ مسمَّى بحرثهِ

رآهُ مُسمِّيه صغيراً فصغَّرا

A besmirched poet, labelled with his own besmirchment

He who labelled him found him small, thus made him smaller

إذا ما عَواريُّ الهجاء تعذَّرتْ

فقُلْ فيه ما فيه فلن يتعذرا

When the orations of blame are difficult to articulate

Say of him what's in him, it won't make it more difficult

يسيرٌ على هاجيهِ وُجدانُ سبِّهِ

وأعسرُ ما في سبِّهِ أن يُسيَّرا

It's easy for his blamer to know the reason of his blame

And the hardest of his blame is to make it easy

وذلك أن الله أخمل ذكرهُ

وأعطاهُ من شُنْع المخازي وأكثرا

That's because God covered his mention

And gave him plenty of the garments of shame

وكم مثلِهِ من خاملٍ قد كسوتُه

رداءً جديد الطُّرتيْن محبَّرا

And how many others like him have I clothed

With a new embroidered gown with two lengths

فأضحى تراءاهُ العيون نباهةً

ألا ساء زِيّاً للفَخور ومَفْخرا

So he came to be seen by eyes as glorious

Alas, an evil garb for the arrogant and boastful

تشير إليه كلُّ كفٍّ بُسبّةٍ

كما ناهدتْ أيدي الحجيج المُجمَّرا

Every blaming hand points to him

As did the hands of pilgrims point to Jamrat