1. They said, “Abu Hafs has lampooned you.” I told them:

    “That slap-target’s pate has found its usual treatment overdue.

  2. Convey my greetings to it—may I never lose you—

    and bid it wait; I shall give it what it wants.

  3. Were it not for wine and the cares that keep me occupied,

    I would not have let my palm neglect visiting it.

  4. I see the slap-target’s helmet has grown rusty.

    Easy now—I’ll soon give you its scrapings.”

Sol 5.6