أبو الحسين معجب برائِهِ

لا يقبل الشُّورى منَ اَصْدقائِهِ

Abu Al-Hussein is impressed by his own purity

He does not accept advice from his friends

فلعنة اللَّهِ على إخائِهِ

وأَدْخَلَ الأجردَ في وَجْعَائِهِ

So may the curse of Allah be upon his brotherhood

And he has inflicted distress upon the unarmed

يسبح في الجهل وفي طَخْيائِهِ

وهو لدى الإخوان من جفائِهِ

He swims in ignorance and in his vanity

And to his brethren he is unkind

ومِنْ تَعَدِّيه ومن إلوائِهِ

بالحق إذ جَارَ على أعدائِهِ

Because of his transgression and his deviations

He has wronged his enemies in the name of truth

قَمَرْتُهُ الفرخَ على ضُغائه

فما يفي وكِعْتُ عن دوائِهِ

I have picked his feathers because of his resentments

But I cannot heal what ails him

إنَّ البخيل ميتٌ بدائِهِ

وأمرُهُ كلٌّ إلى ورائِهِ

Surely the miser is dead in his sickness

And his affairs are all behind him

لكنني أفرِط في اقتضائِهِ

وأَستخير اللَّه في إقصائِهِ

But I exceed in my demands of him

And I ask Allah to cast him out