قالوا هجاك أبو حفص فقلت لهم

لا تدخلوا بيننا يا معشر الحسدَهْ

They said Abu Hafs disparaged you, so I said to them,

Do not come between us, O envious group!

ما استأثرتْ دونكم كفَّي بصلعتهِ

فتحسدوني عليها معشر القَفَدَهْ

My palms did not monopolize his bald head from you,

That you should envy me for it, O foolish group!

كم ركْعةٍ ركع الصَّفعانُ تحت يدي

ولم يقل سمع الله لمن حمدَهْ

How many prostrations did the slapper prostrate beneath my hand,

Yet he did not say, May God hear the one who praises Him!