منع المخنث أحمدٌ

قَسِّي عمارةَ ديرِهِ

Ahmad the effeminate poet is forbidden

To rebuild the monastery of his faith

تِيهاً بأن مَلَك الحِما

ر عدمتُ قلة خيره

Wandering in the belief that the king of donkeys

Is lacking in goodness

وأظنُّ بالمأبون ظنْ

ناً لا أظن بغيره

And I suspect the ill-omened one, with suspicion

I would suspect no other

ما تاهَ أن ملك الحِما

ر بل استعفّ بأيره

He did not lose his way, thinking the king of donkeys

But excused himself for his defect