حيا أبو حسنٍ وهبٌ أبا حسنٍ

بضرطةٍ طيرتْ عُثنونه خُصلا

Greet Abu Hassan a gift, greet Abu Hassan

With a robe his clothes have adorned an example

ثم استمرّتْ فصارتْ في البلادِ له

كأنها أرسلتْ من دبرهِ مثلا

Then it continued and became in the countries for him

As if it had sent from behind him an example

بئسَ التحيةُ حياها الوزير ضُحىً

والحفل من سرواتِ القومِ قد حَفلا

Evil is the greeting with which the minister greeted him at dawn

And the gathering from the nobles of the people was crowded

يا ليتَ شعرِيَ عن وهب وفقحتهِ

وكيف عاتبها في الحشّ حين خلا

Oh how I wish my hair knew about Wahb and his folly

And how she rebuked him in private when they were alone