قُلْ لابن بورانَ إن كان ابنَ بوران

فإنَّ شكّيَ فيه جُلُّ إيماني

Say to Ibn Buran, if he is Ibn Buran

Then my doubt in him consumes all my faith

يا باطلاً أوهمْتنيه مَخايلُه

بلا دليل ولا تثبيتِ بُرهانِ

O you who deluded me with your pretensions

Without proof or any evidence

ما أنتَ إلا خيالٌ طاف طائفه

وما هجائيك إلا هجْرُ وسْنان

You are but a mirage that passed by

And my satire of you is but estrangement and parting

قد كنتُ أحسبه شيئاً فأهجوه

حتى أزاح يقيني فيه حسباني

I had thought you were something, so I satirized you

Until certainty about you removed my assumptions