يُعيّرني لُبْسَ العمامةِ سادراً

ويزعم لُبسيها لِعيبٍ مُكَتَّمِ

He reproaches me for wearing the turban mockingly

And claims that wearing it is a hidden flaw

فقولا له هبني كما أنا صلعة

ألستُ حصينَ الخَلفِ عفَّ المقدَّمِ

So tell him, leave me as I am, bald

Am I not the safeguard of the successors, though the predecessor has perished?

وأَنَّى تعيبُ الصُّلْعَ والأيْرُ منهمُ

وأنت بِحُبّ الأير عينُ المتيَّمِ

And how do you find fault with baldness while the one with hair is one of them

And you, with love of hair, are a blinded lover

ألا ربما قبلتَ أيراً مُعَمّماً

بِجِعْرِك فاحفظ فيَّ حقَّ المعمَّمِ

Beware, you may have kissed a turbaned hair

With your scalp, so respect the rights of the turbaned